Even heroes need help.

The Shuswap is rallying behind RCMP Const. Adam Poitras in the aftermath of a single-vehicle motorbike collision in which he suffered a significant head injury. He was taken to the Kelowna General Hospital after the May 9 crash near Enderby, and remains in the intensive care unit there.

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