Woman killed after her SUV slid off highway into Okanagan Lake

Jan 5, 2016 | 9:43 PM

SUMMERLAND, B.C. — A 42-year-old woman from Summerland, B.C., is dead after her SUV slid off Highway 97 and tumbled into Okanagan Lake.

RCMP say the woman was driving on the lake-side highway between Penticton and Summerland when the accident happened.

Passing motorists stopped to help until first responders arrived and removed the woman from the vehicle, but police say she died later in hospital.

Another driver’s dash-camera footage has helped the RCMP investigation into the crash.