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Man taken to hospital after driving into pole in Penticton

The collision happened at Martin Street and Eckhardt Avenue
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A car ran into a pole going south on Penticton’s Martin Street shortly after 2 p.m. on July 6. (Logan Lockhart- Western News) A man drove into a pole at Penticton’s Martin Street shortly after 2 p.m. on July 6. (Logan Lockhart- Western News)

A car crashed into a pole in Penticton on Wednesday afternoon, blocking one lane of traffic at the intersection of Martin Street and Eckhardt Avenue.

The crash happened just after 2 p.m. on July 6.

RCMP and the Penticton Fire Department responded to the incident, with the vehicle getting towed at around 2:35 p.m.

The driver was taken to hospital.

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