Highway 97 east of Westwold was closed for nearly six hours Thursday due to a serious accident.
North Okanagan Traffic Services state that around 4 p.m., a westbound farm tractor towing a trailer on the shoulder of the highway indicated a left turn onto another property, and began to turn when the front of the tractor was struck by a westbound pickup truck carrying two men, aged 20 and 19, from the South Cariboo.
The 19-year-old passenger suffered serious injuries, including a serious head injury, and was airlifted to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops where he was listed in critical condition Friday.
The driver of the truck and the operator of the tractor, a 67-year-old Westwold man, were not injured. The accident remains under investigation.
