Snowmobile hit by car

Photo: Contributed

UPDATE: 11:40 a.m.

The GoFundMe Page has since been closed after strong reaction from the public over Castanet's initial story. 

UPDATE: 9:35 a.m.

RCMP have confirmed that the driver of the snowmobile was intoxicated. 

On December 26, just after 6 p.m., emergency crews attended to a collision between a vehicle and a snowmobile on Weyerhauser Road and Oliver Ranch Road, in Okanagan Falls.

A father and his daughter were riding on an unlicensed snowmobile along the road when they were struck by a passing vehicle.

Police say the young female passenger was taken to the South Okanagan Hospital with injuries classified by police as minor. The passenger was wearing a helmet, but driver was not.

ORIGINAL: 9:15 a.m.

A fun family outing turned horribly wrong on Boxing Day. 

Warren Busch and his 11-year-old daughter were out on their skidoo riding in Okanagan Falls on Maple Street when they were hit by a car.

Warren suffered a broken knee, tibia, ankle and two broken ribs and has to take at least eight weeks off of work.

The daughter spent several weeks at Kelowna General Hospital with a broken hip and fractured pelvic bones. She has lost blood flow to one kidney and has a laceration on the other. 

Doctors have said she is not allowed any weight bearing for 12 weeks. 

Warren's sister Kathleen has set up a GoFundMe page to help with lost wages.

"... is in good spirits so far. She is getting around the house with a walker and also has a wheelchair for longer distances. We are hoping she will be able to return to school perhaps next week, for short periods at a time," Kathleen wrote. 

''Warren is hobbling around on his crutches. He has a brace on right now so he can keep his leg moving to avoid any blood clot," she added. 

Penticton RCMP are investigating the incident.