A two-vehicle crash forced long weekend traffic to a crawl in Oyama Monday.
Emergency personnel responded to reports of a motor vehicle accident on Highway 97, by the Swiss Village resort, at 4:15 p.m.
“It involved a mini van travelling southbound that crossed the centre line and went head-on with a Toyota Matrix heading northbound,” said Brent Penner, Lake Country deputy fire chief.
The front end of the Toyota was pushed in up to the fire wall but both occupants received only minor injuries.
The van was forced on to its side and it came to rest on top of a cement barricade next to Wood Lake.
“Traffic from both directions was temporarily stopped, then detoured as fire personnel stabilized the vehicle and extricated the single person from the vehicle,” said Penner.
The driver of the mini van was transported to Kelowna General Hospital with minor injuries.
