Gord Molendyk: Molendyk

Vernon North Okanagan RCMP Dept: "I heard this explosion, looked over to see this aircraft burst into flames," said Gord Molendyk, a spokesman for the Vernon North Okanagan RCMP, who was in the area at the time, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Molendyk was supposed to be attending a wedding nearby early Saturday afternoon when he saw the aftermath of the accident and vERNON, B.C. - Moments after taking off into the bright, sunny skies of British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, a small twin engine plane clipped two trees and slammed into a sports field, killing the two people onboard Saturday, say witnesses to the tragedy. "There was fire, along the ground, right up to the aircraft." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.