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Serious single-vehicle crash closes Kelowna, B.C. roadway Saturday evening

A single vehicle car crash snarled traffic at the corner of Gordon Drive and Cameron Avenue in Kelowna, B.C. Ed Burke / Submitted

A major single vehicle crash closed two south bound lanes in Kelowna, B.C. on Saturday evening.

The accident happened around 5:00 p.m. at the corner of Gordon Drive and Cameron Avenue. As of 5:40 p.m. both lanes were still closed, before one slowly opened to allow traffic by.

Photos sent to Global News, shows a vehicle badly damaged, wrapped around a tree and a downed light post.

“This white car must have been traveling very fast to knock down the street lamp and also the turning sign on the corner of Cameron & Gordon,” wrote Ed Burke, who witnessed the accident scene, in an email to Global News.

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It is not yet known what caused the accident and if anyone was injured.

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Global News has reached out to Kelowna RCMP for more information.

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