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Thompson River University student from Kelowna injured in fatal crash

Riley Brinnen graduated from Kelowna Secondary School in 2020
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Riley Brinnen of Kelowna was injured in a car crash in Kamloops on Nov. 29, 2023. (GoFundMe)

One of the young men injured in a crash near Thompson River University on Nov. 29 has been identified as Kelowna resident Riley Brinnen.

Brinnen, a member of the TRU men’s volleyball team, was one of seven people taken to hospital following the horrific crash that closed the intersection of University Drive and McGill Road in Kamloops for several hours.

In a GoFundMe started for the young man, it states that Brinnen was airlifted to Vancouver General Hospital and was placed in the spinal intensive care unit after having surgery Nov.

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Brittany Webster

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