RCMP are investigating after a 30-year-old Kelowna woman was found seriously injured under Kelowna’s W.R. Bennett Bridge.
Police say they have reason to believe the woman jumped from from the bridge.
Emergency crews were called to the west shore under the bridge around 7:45 p.m. after a passing boater on Okanagan Lake believed they saw a dead person.
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RCMP tell Global News found the woman was alive, but had serious injuries.
“Emergency crews rushed to the scene and found the woman to be conscious and breathing, however verbally unresponsive. Medical crews at the scene suspected that the woman may have sustained serious lower body injuries. She was transported, in the fire department rescue boat, to shore where she was then rushed to hospital by BC Ambulance Service,” Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey said Thursday morning.
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She was taken to Kelowna General Hospital with what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries and police continue to investigate.
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