Fatal motorbike crash west of Vernon

RCMP say a man from Kamloops who was riding a motorcycle died after a collision on Highway 97 in Westwold on Sunday.

Police say the 66-year-old victim was travelling southbound when his bike rear-ended a pickup truck that was stopped waiting to make a turn off the highway.

Reports say the crash closed the stretch of Highway 97 for nearly seven hours.

Drive BC says the highway reopened around 5 p.m. Sunday