4:15 P.M. RCMP have confirmed to Global News that a crash south of Peachland Sunday afternoon was fatal. The collision involved a pickup truck and motorcyclist and occurred just after noon on Highway 97 and Hardy Street. It closed the highway for nearly two hours. Police are still investigating the circumstances that led to the crash. No names have been released but police say the man who died was from the Okanagan and in his mid-40s.
2:10 P.M. Traffic reconstructionists have been called to the scene of a serious crash involving a pickup truck and motorcycle south of Peachland.
Traffic is flowing through the area again but is backed up for kilometres.
UPDATE: Highway 97 has re-opened to single alternating traffic south of Peachland after a crash just after 12 p.m. Sunday.
Witnesses at the scene reported seeing a motorcycle pinned underneath a pickup truck.
Traffic is said to be backed up for several kilometres in both directions.
The crash closed the highway for about an hour.
No word on the extent of any injuries at this point.
EARLIER: Traffic has come to a standstill on Highway 97 just south of Peachland.
Drivers stuck in traffic told Global News vehicles are not moving in either direction.
Police were called to the area shortly after 12 p.m. for what’s believed to be a vehicle incident.
More details to come.
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