Kelowna

Paranoia drives woman through roof

Police aren't quite sure what drove a woman to crawl through an air vent and into the ceiling of a Kelowna McDonald's.



Shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday morning, RCMP were called to the McDonald's on Lakeshore Road to deal with a woman who had fallen through the ceiling.



McDonald's Assistant Manager Andre Pineault says the first sign of trouble was when customers noticed parts of the ceiling tile falling.



Upon closer investigation, they discovered a petite woman crawling along the support beams.



Pineault says several customers pulled the combative woman down.



"She tried to escape," says Pineault, who eventually got her cornered near the back entrance to the restaurant.



He speculates the woman, who is known to police, had been smoking in the bathroom and became spooked when someone knocked on the door.