Searchers to the rescue
Central Okanagan Search and Rescue was called out Saturday morning to assist Peachland Fire Rescue in rescuing an injured woman from the summit of Pincushion Mountain above Peachland.
The 46-year-old was hiking with family when she slipped and broke her ankle.
Firefighters started carrying the woman downhill on a stretcher before they were met by COSAR.
Search and Rescue had a TrailRider backwoods access wheelchair, which is a single-wheeled wheelchair with handles for carrying and steering.
The patient was transferred to the TrailRider and brought two kilometres to the waiting ambulance. She was transported to hospital in Kelowna. Eleven firefighters and 11 COSAR volunteers attended the scene. Later Saturday, COSAR was tasked to assist the BC Ambulance Service in locating and retrieving an injured man.
A group of four off-road motorcyclists had travelled from Alberta to ride the Bear Creek motorcycle trails when one of the riders fell while trying to ride a steep slope. The injury to his knee prevented him from riding or walking out, so he called for help and had his riding partners meet emergency crews at the trailhead. The man was several kilometres from Bear Creek Main. Seven COSAR members and a paramedic walked into the area, stabilized the leg and brought the man out using a TrailRider chair.
The 47-year-old man was then transferred to a waiting ambulance and transported to Kelowna General Hospital.