Multiple people hurt in boat crash on South Thompson River

Multiple people were hurt in a crashon the South Thompson River in Kamloops on Saturday afternoon.

In a release,RCMP Sgt. Brian O'Callaghanof the city's detachment saidpolice responded to an incident involving two vessels that had collided on the watereast of the Pioneer boat launch at approximately 3:30 p.m. PT.

A ski boat was moving slowly when the operator of ajet boat quickly approached it from behind, lost control and drove into the other vessel, he said in the release.

A man and a woman were reportedly sitting on the lower back deck of the ski boat when the collision occurred.

The boaters made it to shore, and a man and a womanwere sent to the Royal Inland Hospital with injuries, according to police.

"According to witness accounts, it wasremarkable that no one was seriously injured or killed," said the release from O'Callaghan.

In an email, a spokesperson fromthe Provincial Health Services Authority said four ambulances and a supervising unit attended the scene of a boating incident on the river around that same time on Saturday.

B.C. Emergency Health Services paramedics transported five peoplewith varying degrees of injuries to hospital, the health authority said.

Alcohol is not considered to be a factor with regards to the operators, the police release states.

Police seized both vessels, as the investigation continues.