Half a dozen car accidents across Kamloops on first day of snowfall

Dec 28, 2018 | 2:59 PM

KAMLOOPS — Crashes across the city came with the first significant snowfall of the season for Kamloops Fire Rescue, but things could have been worse.

Platoon Captain Mike Haines says there was just one motor vehicle incident on Christmas Day and none yesterday.

However there were six crashes in the city and two just outside of Kamloops on Boxing Day, which was the first significant snowfall of the winter season.

“It was eight accidents total so I don’t think that’s too bad for a weather change like that, so people are driving safe,” Haines says.

Haines says he isn’t sure of the severity of the crashes, but says despite the slight spike in vehicle incidents, Kamloops residents appear to be driving safe in the snow, and the numbers aren’t too bad for a significant weather change.

“It seems to be usually first snowfalls, the rescue truck seems to go out of town quite a bit,” Haines says. “It’s usually repeated calls on the Coquihalla. When we get a first major snowfall on the Coquihalla, that’s where we seem to respond to lots.”