Man seriously injured in Kelowna after hit by garbage truck

A 26-year-old man is in the hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a garbage truck early this morning.

At around 3:30 a.m. today, April 25, RCMP officers responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision in the 400-block of Banks Road.

Police officers learned a garbage truck hit a man who may have been sleeping in the area near the garbage bins, said Cpl. Tammy Lobb, media liaison with the Kelowna RCMP.

Upon arrival, the RCMP officers did not immediately find the man who had been hit, but he was eventually located a short distance away and was sent to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, she said.

The driver remained at the scene and was co-operative with police, she said. “There’s nothing to indicate the driver was under the influence of any substances.”

An RCMP investigation is ongoing at this time and the man is still in the hospital at this time, Lobb said.

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