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UPDATE: 7 a.m.
Despite DriveBC reports to the contrary, morning commuters report the crashed semi in downtown Westbank is still on the side of Highway 97.
UPDATE: 6:20 a.m.
A crashed tractor-trailer was cleared overnight from the side of Highway 97 in West Kelowna.
Workers began emptying the trailer, which was filled with a delivery of milk, about 6 p.m., and DriveBC reports recovery of the crashed rig got underway about 10 p.m.
The scene was cleared by about 12:30 a.m.
Power did not have be shut off to get the work done.
UPDATE: 4:30 p.m.
A crashed tractor-trailer remains off the side of Highway 97 in West Kelowna.
The big rig went off the corner near the intersection of Gellatly Road about 3:45 a.m.
Trucks are now on scene below the crash, on Carrington Drive, as crews prepare to unload the crashed trailer.
Work is expected to begin about 5:30 p.m., and power will again be cut to the area as a safety precaution while the workers unload the trailer full of milk.
Once the trailer is emptied, wreckers will pull the tipped semi from the roadside, necessitating a partial closure of the highway.
That isn't expected to happen until some time after 10 p.m.
ORIGINAL: 6:30 a.m.
Power was knocked out to a large area of the Westside early this morning after a semi crash in West Kelowna overnight.
Reader images sent to Castanet show an overturned semi, and DriveBC reports a collision on Highway 97 in the northbound lanes between Hoskins and Gellatly roads.
Readers report power went out about 3:45 a.m. and affected an area spanning from Westbank town centre to Smith Creek.
The incident closed down one lane of traffic.
Witness Cameron McPherson reports seeing the rig start to lean as it went into a corner, severing a light and telephone pole.
The semi toppled over, ripping a couple of tires off the trailer.
Police were nearby and responded immediately to the scene.
The driver was said to be conscious and responsive, and the officer assisted him to escape the wreck through the truck's front windshield.
The power outage is no longer shown on BC Hydro's outage map.
