Penticton, B.C. motorcyclist killed in Channel Parkway – Okanagan collision

A South Okanagan man was killed in a motor vehicle collision in Penticton, British Columbia on Thursday afternoon.

Police say the collision happened on the Channel Parkway around noon and involved a motorcycle and a car turning left at an intersection.

Penticton RCMP say the Yamaha motorcycle was heading south and collided with the northbound Volkswagen which was turning onto Green Mountain Road.

Police say the motorcyclist, a 64-year-old man from Penticton, died at the scene. The driver of the Volkswagen, a 40-year-old man also from Penticton, was not injured.

They added that there was no indication of criminality in the collision.