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Osoyoos firefighters respond after vehicle rolls down embankment on Highway 3

Emergency vehicles assemble following a single vehicle crash on Highway 3 in the South Okanagan Monday, July 9, 2018.
Emergency vehicles assemble following a single vehicle crash on Highway 3 in the South Okanagan Monday, July 9, 2018. Courtesy: Facebook - Osoyoos Fire Department/ Global Okanagan

Emergency crews, including members of the Osoyoos Fire Department, were called to a vehicle rollover on Highway 3 in the South Okanagan on Monday.

A vehicle left the highway and rolled about 18 metres down the embankment, a fire official said.

Chief Ryan McCaskill led the descent to check on the vehicle’s occupants. He was lowered by longlines to the crash scene.

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“All parties, remarkably, walked away OK,” reads a post on the fire department’s Facebook page.

There is no word on what caused the crash.

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