VICTORIA Oceanside RCMP say they have arrested a man who allegedly crashed a stolen truck and fled the scene on a dirt bike near Qualicum Bay in March. The rollover crash occurred around 5 p.m. on March 14 near the intersection of Horne Lake Road and Highway 19. At the time, witnesses told police that the truck appeared to cross the highway s centre line before crashing and rolling onto its roof. Two occupants of the vehicle, a man and a woman, then exited the truck, mounted a dirt bike and fled the scene, according to police. The dirt bike was found later, also crashed, on a trail system near the Inland Highway West.
VICTORIA Oceanside RCMP are investigating after a loaded firearm was seized from a truck that had crashed off Highway 19, with the driver nowhere to be found. Police say they first received a report of a single-vehicle collision near Horne Lake Road off Highway 19 around 5 p.m. Sunday. Multiple witnesses told police that the vehicle, travelling northbound, had crossed the highway s centre median and rolled onto its roof, landing in the northbound lanes. The driver and an occupant of the truck, a man and a woman, then allegedly mounted a dirt bike that was in the back of the truck and rode away from the scene.