Emergency crews extricate person from car at two-vehicle incident in Penticton

At least two people were taken to hospital with injuries following a car accident in Penticton on Tuesday morning.

The incident at Duncan Avenue and the Channel Parkway involved a white pickup truck and a blue car at approximately 10:30 a.m.

A person who claimed to be a witness told Global News that the northbound truck went through a red light and hit the car, which was attempting to turn left from Duncan Avenue onto the parkway.

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Firefighters had to extricate one person from the car, using the jaw of life to cut the car door open, which sustained heavy damage in the incident.

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