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A Good Samaritan who rushed to help the victim of a crash on a Kootenay highway was seriously injured and had to be airlifted to hospital after the wreckage suddenly shifted.
RCMP said the Good Samaritan was travelling westbound on Highway 93 on May 6 when a green Chevrolet Tahoe travelling in the same direction lost control, veered onto the oncoming lane, and plunged down an embankment.
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The man “immediately jumped into action and climbed down the 150-foot embankment in an attempt to extricate the driver trapped inside,” said Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey of B.C. RCMP in the Southeast District in a statement on Friday.
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A Good Samaritan who pulled over to help a crash victim in the British Columbia Kootenays Thursday was airlifted to hospital himself after the wreckage rolled and crushed him.
Columbia Valley RCMP were called to assist local EMS shortly after 6:35 p.m. Thursday in response to a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 93, about eight kilometres east of Radium Hot Springs in the Kootenay National Park.
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According to RCMP, the car involved was a green Chevrolet Tahoe that lost control while traveling westbound, veering into the oncoming lane before spinning and careening 150 feet down an embankment.
May 07, 2021 - 4:51 PM A passing motorist who provided assistance to the victim of a motor vehicle collision was seriously injured while attempting to provide aid. Columbia Valley RCMP were called to assist B.C. Emergency Health Services yesterday, May 6, shortly after 6:35 p.m. They were answering a call to a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 93 near the brake check in Kootenay National Park, approximately eight kilometres east of Radium Hot Springs, according to an RCMP media release. A green Chevy Tahoe was westbound when it suddenly lost control veered into the oncoming lane, spun and careened down an embankment. A good Samaritan, who had been travelling on the highway in the same direction, immediately jumped into action and climbed down the 150-foot embankment in an attempt to extricate the driver trapped inside, RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey said in the release.
by Castlegar Source on Friday May 07 2021
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A local front line Logan Lake RCMP officer partnered with the Fire Chief, of the Logan Lake Volunteer Fire Department, to carry out a rare and risky canine rescue from above Mimi Falls.
On April 28, at 11:10 a.m., a bystander hiked into cellular range in order to contact the Logan Lake RCMP for help, after the furry four-legged friend of an elderly couple had become isolated on a ledge part way down a cliff, which overlooks Mimi Falls.
The pup’s owners, and bystanders were unable to safely reach Chevy, the nearly 80-pound, seven-year-old, American Bulldog Terrier cross. Chevy, who was a rescue herself, had become stuck in a precarious position overlooking the 30-meter deep rocky canyon, according to Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey, spokesman for the BC RCMP in the Southeast District.
A large and inquisitive dog has many more walks ahead thanks to the actions of an RCMP officer and a volunteer fire chief in British Columbia s southern Interior. Chevy, a 7-year-old, American Bulldog Terrier cross, is seen stuck on a ledge overlooking Mimi Falls, near Logan Lake, B.C., in an April 28, 2021, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-RCMP, Margot Wikjord,
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. A large dog has many more walks ahead thanks to the actions of an RCMP officer and a volunteer fire chief in British Columbia s southern Interior.
Cpl. Jesse O Donaghey says Chevy, a nearly 40-kilogram, seven-year-old American bulldog terrier cross, was out with her owners near Logan Lake, last Wednesday.