UPDATE: 5:07 p.m.
The RCMP of Lake Country is investigating a fatal land vehicle accident (UTV) in the early hours of the morning after police arrived at the scene to find one person dead and another with minor injuries.
Officers were called to the area to report a UTV change on Spion Kop Mountain in the Summit Trail area Saturday at 4:15 p.m.
The RCMP said that when officers arrived at the scene they located the UTV and found that one of the passengers, a 34-year-old man, had succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver, who according to police is also a 34-year-old man, was arrested at the scene for impaired functioning that caused the death and was taken to hospital by EHS with minor injuries.
The Lake Country Fire Department, BC Ambulance Service, Okanagan Central Search and Rescue Service (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 continues and police said the driver is possibly facing 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 Forensic Service have more details to share at this time.
UPDATE: 13:10 h
One person has died and another is being treated at Kelowna General Hospital with injuries following a side-by-side dump on the Spion Kop trail system on Saturday morning.
Duane Tresnich, search manager for Central Okanagan Search and Rescue, says the two people were going in the same Polaris RZR before 5 a.m. when the vehicle overturned.
One individual died at the scene, while the other suffered a head injury and was transferred to the KGH.
As a result, the Spion Kop trails were closed on Saturday morning as emergency crews removed the body and vehicle from the scene. It is believed that the roads have now been reopened.
Residents in the area reported that a helicopter appeared to lift one next to the other from the scene around noon on Saturday.
ORIGINAL: 11:25 h
There are reports that the trail network at Spion Kop in Lake Country is closed Saturday morning.
A witness told Castanet that on Saturday morning numerous emergency vehicles were seen in the area and that no one was on the mountain, as access to the trails had been closed by the GRC.
Castanet will have more information as soon as it is available.