Two taken to hospital after vehicle plunges into North Thompson River in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS — Two people were taken to Royal Inland Hospital after a vehicle plunged into the North Thompson River Sunday (May 17) evening.

​BC Emergency Health Services (BC EHS) told CFJC Today that it was notified at 6:17 p.m. about a vehicle that left a residential road and landed in the river. It dispatched an ambulance with advanced care paramedics, four ambulances with primary care paramedics and a paramedic supervisor units to the scene.

“Paramedics provided medical treatment to two patients – one an occupant of the vehicle and one a passerby helping at the scene – both of whom were transported to hospital in stable condition,” BCEHS said in its statement.

It’s not clear what caused the vehicle to go off the road, but police had a roadway taped off. RCMP, CSOs and Kamloops Search and Rescue were all on scene.