RCMP say a Penticton woman is lucky to be alive after her vehicle literally disintegrated after hitting a rock face.

The crash occured yesterday morning while she was traveling northbound in her Toyota Yaris on Hwy 97. she apparently hit a slick patch of roadway and lost control. --over corrected going off road right and striking the rock face. The vehicle flipped as a result and finally came to rest in the northbound ditch, in pieces.

The driver got out of the vehicle and only complained of a sore upper body. She was examined by Paramedics at the scene and released.