A fatal all-terrain vehicle (UTV) crash early this morning is being investigated by Lake Country RCMP after police arrived at the scene to find one person dead and another with minor injuries. Officers were called to the area for a report of a UTV rollover on Spion Kop in the Summit Trail area Saturday at 4:15 a.m. RCMP said when officers arrived at the scene, they located the UTV and found one of the occupants, a 34-year-old man, succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, who police say is also a 34-year-old man, was arrested at the scene for impaired operation resulting in death and was taken to the hospital with minor injuries with EHS. Lake Country Fire Department, BC Ambulance Service, Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR) and Kelowna RCMP Forensic Identification Services assisted in this investigation. “Our thoughts are with the victim’s family at this difficult time,” the RCMP said in its press release. The investigation is ongoing and police said the driver likely faces charges related to his arrest. The BC Coroners Service is conducting its own, parallel investigation into the death. Due to the privacy of the deceased, neither the RCMP nor the coroner’s office have any further details to share at this time. UPDATE: 1:10 p.m One person is dead and another is in Kelowna General Hospital with injuries after a side-by-side rollover on the Spion Kop trail system early Saturday morning. Duane Tresnich, search manager with Central Okanagan Search and Rescue, says the two people were riding in the same Polaris RZR just before 5 a.m. when the vehicle overturned. One person died on the spot while the other suffered head injuries and was taken to KGH. As a result, Spion Kop footpaths were closed on Saturday morning as emergency crews removed the body and vehicle from the scene. The trails are believed to have reopened. Residents in the area reported that a helicopter was seen lifting the side-by-side from the site around noon on Saturday. ORIGINAL: 11:25 AM There are reports that the trail network at Spion Kop in the Lake Country is closed on Saturday morning. A witness told Castanet several emergency vehicles showed up to the area Saturday morning and no one is allowed on the mountain as access to the trails has been closed by the RCMP. Castanet will have more information as it becomes available.
