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Crash sends one to hospital Wine heist
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Tara Bowie
Rescue teams from Princeton and Keremeos use a high angle technique to bring a man to safety after he rolled his car down an embankment near Hedley Monday night. Tara Bowie Review Staff
A single vehicle rollover sent one man to hospital after the car he was driving left the roadway and went crashing down an embankment stopping just short of the Similkameen River. The collision occurred around 7:30 p.m about a kilometre west of Hedley. The driver was the lone occupant in the fourdoor grey sedan. He was travelling east around a bend before the vehicle left the road. The vehicle rolled several times before coming to a rest just metres away from the river. Hedley first responders were first on the scene. Upon arrival, the man was already out of his vehicle and propping his head up with something out of his vehicle. First responders stabilized and assessed the man’s injuries while rescue teams from Princeton and Keremeos rushed to the scene.
Tara Bowie
The vehicle rolled several times before coming to a stop metres away from the Similkameen River Monday night.
The two teams worked together to complete a high angle rescue. The man was placed on a back board and by using ropes he was brought up the embankment to a waiting ambulance. He was transported to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. While the rescue was underway traffic
was closed in both directions. It took about 90 minutes for the road to be re-opened. It’s unknown at this time what caused the collision but drivers in vehicles behind the car said he had been driving erratically before he left the roadway. The cause of the collision is under investigation.
Somewhere between $450,000 to $750,000 in wine has been stolen from a Cawston winery. RCMP released information about the wine heist, which happened sometime around May 22, on Tuesday morning to the Keremeos Review. Const. Joe Bayda said the RCMP was not releasing the name of the winery at this time citing privacy concerns. Approximately 7,000 units of three-litre bags of wine were stolen. “No labels were affixed to the bags at the time of the theft; however, these bags are unique to the area and should stand out if seen,” Bayda wrote in an email. Bayda said the owner does have insurance. Rumours about a significant wine heist have circulated in the community since the end of May. Police did not provide details when asked previously by the Review. Bayda said a shift in The wine bag is responsibilities at the unique to the area. detachment and time constraints regarding the collection of details for a media release contributed to the delay. Police have no leads as to whether the wine is still in the area or has been transported somewhere else in the province, country or overseas. Depending on the winery and retail costs that amount of wine could represent an entire vintage. A winery must submit a floor plan to the Liquor Control Licensing Branch to receive a licence to make commercial quantities of wine. The winery must state whether they will store the wine on-site or off-site. Given the circumstances the winery most likely would not be reprimanded for having its wine stolen. If you have information please call the Keremeos RCMP at (250) 499-5511 and quote file 2015-580 or to remain anonymous call Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477 (TIPS).