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

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

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.BC Parks says the child died a short time later in hospital. The age of the victim was not released and BC Parks hasn't said what might have caused the tree to come down.This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 31, 2023.

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