TRU WolfPack men's volleyball team remembers McInnis, offers updates on Waterhouse, Brinnen

A motor-vehicle accident on Nov. 29 in Kamloops took the life of TRU WolfPack men’s volleyball player Owyn McInnis of Guelph, Ontario.

McInnis was killed and two of his teammates — Riley Brinnen and Owen Waterhouse, both from Kelowna — suffered life-altering injuries in the accident that took place on McGill Road at University Drive, near the university campus.

They were stopped at a red light in a Volkswagen Jetta when an out-of-control pickup truck hit several trees along McGill Road before crashing into the Jetta.

Brinnen incurred a serious spinal injury and Waterhouse suffered severe brain trauma.

WolfPack men’s volleyball head coach Pat Hennelly and three of his players — Rylan Ibbetson and Mason Sodaro of Kelowna, along with Dylan VanSpankeren of Calgary — spoke to Kamloops Last Week on Monday, Jan. 8, before practising at the Tournament Capital Centre.