A dream life on the road was turned upside down last week for a West Kelowna couple.
Lyndsay Fillier and Braden Taylor were camping in their van in Mexico last week, when they were accosted by armed robbers.
91ƵSome men pulled up in stolen vehicles, heavily armed and with bullet-proof vests,91Ƶ said Fillier in an Instagram post.
91ƵThey took everything we own.91Ƶ
The robbers took off in Fillier and Taylor91Ƶs van.
91ƵLiterally everything we own in the whole world was in that van.91Ƶ
Fillier said that two police trucks took off 91Ƶin hot pursuit91Ƶ. They later discovered that four of the officers involved were injured, and one was killed.
91ƵWe feel very fortunate that we are still alive91Ƶbut we are of course devastated.91Ƶ
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