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Driver airlifted to hospital after Parksville crash

RCMP: vehicle struck a tree
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(Black Press file photo)

One person was taken to hospital by air ambulance after a single vehicle crash in Parksville Thursday afternoon (June 19).

Emergency services responded to the collision in the 700 block of Hirst Avenue West, according to Sgt. Shane Worth of the Oceanside RCMP, who added the vehicle struck a tree.

BC Emergency Health Services was called at 1:36 p.m. and responded with an air ambulance with critical care paramedics on board, as well as an ambulance, according to Paramedic Public Information Officer Brian Twaites

The paramedics provided emergency medical treatment to one patient, who was taken to hospital in serious, but stable condition, Twaites said.

No criminality is suspected in the crash, according to police.



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