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[Kilo95]

A little further north than the CRD but sounds like there's been yet another crash on the Cameron Lake stretch of Hwy 4. Air ambulance circling the area and traffic at a standstill. Can't find any info online via DriveBC or other sources, yet. 

[Mike K.]

Ah shoot. Is the highway shut down?

[Mike K.]

Here we go:

Highway 4, in both directions. Vehicle incident between Elkford Rd and Chalet Rd for 4.6 km (6 to 1 km east of Cathedral Grove). Road closed. Assessment in progress. Next update time Thu Aug 26 at 10:00 AM PDT. Last updated Thu Aug 26 at 8:43 AM PDT. (DBC-32792)

[Kilo95]

Heard it might be a semi vs. car but can't confirm. FYI I'm not there, just hearing from others who are stuck in the traffic and getting updates. 

[Mike K.]

Yikes, that's frightening.

 

Our infrastructure on this Island is just brutal. So many roads that would never be major thoroughfares in other parts of the country, let alone in western nations. 

[pontcanna]

Witnesses Sought After Collision

 

Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 - File: #21-36087

 

Victoria, BC – VicPD officers are asking for witnesses and information after a woman on a mobility scooter suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a collision with a dump truck last week.

 

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on Friday, September 3^rd, VicPD officers were called to the intersection of Bay and Bridge streets for a report of a collision involving a woman on a mobility scooter and a dump truck. The woman was pinned under the dump truck, and bystanders and the driver of the dump truck assisted her with emergency first aid. With the assistance of bystanders the woman was removed from under the dump truck and BC Emergency Health Services paramedics attended and transported her to hospital. The woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the incident.

 

VicPD officers are continuing to gather information regarding this incident and are asking anyone who witnessed the collision to contact police.

 

This file remains under investigation.

 

If you have information about this incident, please call our non-emergency line at (250) 995-7654. To report what you know anonymously, please call Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

 

[Mike K.]

A motorist collided with a tree early this AM on Sooke Road/Highway 14 at Woodlands Road. The collision was described as "secrious" by Sooke RCMP, and resulted in a highway closure for several hours. The highway is open to single-lane traffic right now. It has created an absolute mess on this first day of school, etc.

[Mike K.]

I'm not liking some of the details emerging from this morning's crash.

[Redd42]

I'm not liking some of the details emerging from this morning's crash.

 

Such as?

[Mike K.]

It's pretty serious.

[Mike K.]

🚔RCMP release details of this morning’s single-vehicle-crash on Sooke Road🚔

Five occupants sustained serious injuries this morning when the vehicle they were travelling in along the 5800-block of Sooke Road collided with a tree. More from Sooke RCMP:

On August 7, 2021, at 2:15 a.m., the Sooke RCMP were called to assist the BC Ambulance Service with a single motor vehicle collision in the 5800 Block of Sooke Road.

On arrival, First Responders discovered five occupants of the vehicle, each with serious injuries after the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a tree. In the interest of the privacy of the persons and families involved, no further details are being released at this time.

Sooke Road was closed for the majority of the morning as police examined the scene of the collision. Sooke RCMP continue to investigate in an attempt to understand the circumstances surrounding the collision and are appealing to the public for any witnesses or dash camera footage along Sooke Road, from Woodlands Road in Sooke, to Veterans Memorial Parkway in Langford, between the hours of 1:30 a.m. and 2:15 a.m. on August 7, 2021 that capture a black 2 door sedan travelling Westbound.

Anyone with information or dash camera footage that may have captured the vehicle involved are asked to please call the Sooke RCMP detachment at 250-642-5241.

[Victoria Watcher]

On arrival, First Responders discovered five occupants of the vehicle, each with serious injuries after the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a tree. In the interest of the privacy of the persons and families involved, no further details are being released at this time.

 

 

 

 

wtf.

[Mike K.]

Note, that should say September.

[Victoria Watcher]

A man has died after being crushed by his own vehicle in a Vancouver McDonald’s drive-thru on Wednesday morning.

Vancouver Police were called to the location at Main and Terminal around 5:30 am to assist with a single-vehicle collision.

In a news release, the VPD said surveillance footage shows the driver dropping an object out of his vehicle while paying. When he went to pick up the item, the vehicle rolled forward and trapped him between the vehicle door and frame.






that’s unlucky. especially if he was retrieving a quarter or loonie.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 08 September 2021 - 05:13 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

The BC Coroners Service is investigating a death linked to the early Tuesday morning Sooke Road crash that left five people seriously injured.

Sooke RCMP was called to the intersection of Sooke and Woodlands roads at 2:15 a.m. where they discovered a black two-door sedan had collided with a tree, felling it onto the road. The five occupants of the vehicle were all seriously injured.

RCMP isn’t releasing further details about them to protect their identity and is not providing any updates at this time.




https://www.vicnews....crash-in-sooke/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 09 September 2021 - 03:41 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Police, ambulance paramedics, and firefighters responded to calls of a collision about 2 a.m. Tuesday. They arrived to find “multiple persons with serious life-threatening injuries,” said Manseau.

Sooke RCMP said Thursday they are aware of a “high degree of public interest in this incident, and also that there is information circulating on social media regarding the specifics” but said no further details would be released at this time.


https://www.timescol...sday-1.24357014

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 11 September 2021 - 05:01 AM.

[todd]

OBPD “File #2021-2766: On Saturday, September 4th, a patrol member was conducting radar enforcement on Foul Bay Road. A blue 2002 Mercedes C240 was driving northbound at a high rate of speed and the radar locked in a speed of 142 km/hr in a posted 50 km/hr zone. The 38-year-old male driver turned onto a side road, hit a curb, and drove into a cul-de-sac where the officer noted the driver’s side tire was flat and the rim was damaged. The driver showed signs of liquor indicia and an ASD was administered showing a “FAIL” reading. The driver was issued a 90-day immediate driving prohibition and his vehicle was impounded for 30 days. The driver was also issued a violation ticket for excessive speeding (exceeded by more than 60 km/hr) with a prescribed fine of $483.00”: https://oakbaypolice...impression=true

[Mike K.]

I think the only police department to say someone appeared drunk by stating liquor indicia is OBPD.

[Victoria Watcher]

Certainly sounds like a mental health problem and not a criminal issue.

Why weren’t social workers sent in?

Why do we continue to criminalise the very real health condition known as alcoholism?

If we had more safe consumption sites this guy would not have had to travel by car to the pub maybe.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 11 September 2021 - 08:31 AM.

[todd]

Why not allow only lame vehicles on the road


Or once caught speeding thereafter only allowed a “lame” vehicle

Edited by todd, 11 September 2021 - 11:14 AM.