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Vehicle crashes into rock face, bursts into flames near Vernon

The incident happened Thursday night in Coldstream
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Police lights (File photo)

A vehicle that drove off of Highway 97 in Coldstream Thursday night, crashed into a rock face and burst into flames.

The incident happened near Kal Lakeview Road at about 11:40 p.m., on March 23.

Police arrived on the scene to find the driver and passenger had managed to escape safely, however, the driver was taken to hospital as a precaution.

The vehicle had to be left in the ditch after the fire, to cool, before it could be towed from the scene.

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Jen Zielinski

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Graduated from the broadcast journalism program at BCIT. Also holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science and sociology from Thompson Rivers University.
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