'Freak accident': Logging truck crash snarls traffic near Courtenay, B.C.

Police are on the scene of a critical crash close to Courtenay, B.C., on Tuesday afternoon.

The crash concerned a logging truck on the northbound onramp onto Freeway 19 off the Comox Valley Parkway.

"A logging truck popping out of Cumberland misplaced its load of logs and piled up on high of this pickup right here," stated Cumberland Fireplace Rescue Chief Mike Williamson.

Williamson says two folks had been within the pickup truck on the time, together with a lady who needed to be extracted by firefighters.

A coroner was additionally seen arriving on the website late Tuesday afternoon.

The crash closed the northbound onramp onto Freeway 19 from Comox Valley Parkway on Tuesday. (CTV Information)

Williamson says that whereas different logging vans have misplaced their hundreds on this nook earlier than, Tuesday's incident was "form of a freak accident."

The hearth chief says a canine was additionally current through the crash and it is being taken care of by firefighters till it is transported to the SPCA for care.

The crash briefly closed the parkway to all site visitors, but it surely reopened Tuesday afternoon. As of three:45 p.m., the onramp onto the freeway remained closed to automobiles.

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