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Did crash driver OD?

UPDATED: 4 p.m.

Kelowna RCMP are investigating if a driver involved in a head-on collision was suffering a medical emergency or was under the influence of a substance at the time of the incident.

Emergency crews responded to the collision at Springfield Road near Barlee Road around 12:30 p.m.

According to police, a red Honda CRV crossed the centre line at Springfield Road and collided head on with a black Dodge Ram pickup truck heading in the opposite direction.

A man, in his 20s, was driving the Honda and was found unresponsive and paramedics tried to resuscitate the man on scene.

He was taken to hospital but it is believed his injuries are non-life threatening.

The driver of the pickup truck was released from the scene without injuries. 


ORIGINAL: 1:45 p.m.

Traffic was snarled Monday afternoon along Springfield after a crash.

One person was taken to hospital after the collision on Springfield Road, near Ambrosi Road.

The crash, which happened at about 1 p.m., was pretty much cleared by 2 p.m.

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