Dianne Clark says she’s seen a lot in her lifetime but nothing like what she witnessed in her Westbank First Nations (WFN) neighbourhood on Wednesday afternoon.
“A naked man took someone else’s vehicle, drove like crazy up the hill, hit the hydrant, comes out of the vehicle, goes down the road, goes back, takes a bath in the fire hydrant. Stark naked,” Clark told Global News.
Water began gushing out of the sheared water pipe that fed the fire hydrant in the 2600 block of Boucherie Road after the incident that took place around 4:30 p.m.
“I heard the squealing of tires and smack! There he went up the hill,” Clark said.
A grey mini-van was abandoned in the ditch at a 90-degree angle to Boucherie Road.
West Kelowna RCMP say the driver was located and taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Police say they are investigating if the suspect was impaired.
They added charges of dangerous driving are being contemplated, but said no charges have been laid at this time.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the West Kelowna RCMP at 250-768-2880 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
WFN works crews came out to shut off the water at the sheared off hydrant.