Pig, dog perish in car crash

Photo: Lyonel Doherty, Oliver Chronicle

A pig and a dog perished when a vehicle plunged into an oxbow north of Osoyoos on Friday afternoon.

Crews responded to the accident on Road 22 at about 12:30 p.m., according to Oliver Fire Department spokesperson Rob Graham.

The vehicle went over a concrete barrier into the oxbow. 

A male and a female escaped before emergency crews arrived on scene, Graham said. They were taken to hospital with unknown injuries. 

Two dogs and a pig were reportedly in the vehicle. One dog was rescued but a second canine and the pig passed away.

The cause of the incident is not yet known. Graham said road conditions were normal at the time.