Photo: Deborah Pfeiffer

Motorcycle accident scene on Saturday

A woman was sent to hospital with serious injuries following a motorcycle accident in Naramata on Saturday evening.

Naramata Fire Chief Tony Trovao said the motorcycle was travelling up the hill on Robinson Avenue around 6:30 p.m., when it failed to negotiate the corner and crossed the centre line. The motorcyclist then hit the side of a trailer carrying bales of hay.

Trovao said the motorcyclist hit the other vehicle pretty hard, but he is unsure of the extent of her injuries. She was transported by BC Ambulance to hospital.

People in the other vehicle were uninjured. 

Trovao said there has been between seven and eight incidents in the last five to six years at the intersection of Robinson Avenue and N. Naramata Road.

"It's a dangerous intersection," he said. "I've seen more near misses than accidents, but there could just as easily be accidents."

He believes that more markers warning people of the intersection would help.

RDOS Naramata director Karla Kozakevich and residents share Trovao's concerns.

Kozakevich says she received an email from a resident a few weeks ago, who has started a petition in the community.

"Pretty much anybody who uses that road has experienced a near miss, so people are just looking for some improvements there," she said.

Those range from putting in a flashing light to painting a white stop line on the road where the stop sign is, she said.

Kozakevich has forwarded the recent complaint to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, and is awaiting a response.

"The incident that happened with the motorcycle is a prime example that there will only be more," she said."I think MOTI should do what they can to make improvements, because potentially there could be a death."