A semi truck busted through a highway barrier and rolled onto its side in the ditch in Ladysmith this morning.
Emergency crews were called to the Trans-Canada Highway at Oyster Sto’Lo Road on Friday, Jan. 22, where a food distributing company’s truck was involved in a single-vehicle crash off the side of the southbound lanes.
Crews on scene said the truck driver was taken to hospital as a precaution.
Southbound traffic is pinched at the scene but is continuing to get through.
Semi truck rolled over the side of the highway by Oyster Bay Microtel.
— Cole Schisler (@SchislerCole) January 22, 2021
RCMP is on scene. South bound traffic reduced to one lane. pic.twitter.com/B56V2gSsTD
There were 11 crashes at the Trans-Canada Highway and Oyster Sto’Lo Road intersection in 2019, second-most among Ladysmith intersections, according to ICBC statistics. There were 41 crashes there over the five years from 2015-2019.
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