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Youngster dies after tree falls at provincial campsite in B.C.’s Okanagan region

Jul 31, 2023 | 6:46 AM

KELOWNA, B.C. —
A child has been killed in British Columbia while visiting a provincial park in the Okanagan, south of Peachland.

A statement from BC Parks says the child was at a campground at Okanagan Lake Provincial Park on Saturday.

The statement says the youngster was injured by a falling tree.

BC Parks says the child died a short time later in hospital.