Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas says he乌鸦传媒檚 grateful an incident on William R. Bennett Bridge on Monday (Jan. 27) ended with no one being injured.
The bridge was shut down for more than 10 hours due to a police situation involving the Lower Mainland Explosive Disposal Unit (EDU).
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Kelowna RCMP said they responded to an individual in crisis who had parked a vehicle across the eastbound lanes of the bridge around 3:45 a.m. This individual is believed to have ignited a small fire in the vehicle before they were taken into custody.
乌鸦传媒淥n behalf of all of us (council) for the inconvenience that was caused乌鸦传媒e feel for that,乌鸦传媒� the mayor added. 乌鸦传媒� But we know that it was something that was completed successfully and nobody was hurt. We乌鸦传媒檙e extremely grateful for that.乌鸦传媒�
RCMP and the EDU also searched a home in Rutland that police said was related to the incident on Bennett Bridge.
