A serious motor vehicle crash on Vedder Mountain Road just east of the Vedder Bridge Tuesday snarled traffic as first responders took over the area, even calling in an air ambulance.
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 1, emergency crews were called to the spot where there were reports of a vehicle over the embankment between the Vedder Bridge and the roundabout towards Cultus Lake.
According to reports at the time, the vehicle was winched using a fire truck before helping the occupant or occupants of the vehicle could be helped.
One person was seen on a stretcher being cared for by BC Ambulance Service paramedics just after 11 a.m., but there were reports of another individual who was more seriously injured.
Near the Vedder Bridge in #Chilliwack. Air ambulance arrives on scene of a rollover crash. pic.twitter.com/IHRW0tVBQn
— Chilliwack Progress (@TheProgress) September 1, 2020
The condition of the driver and any possible passengers was not made public by 5 p.m. Tuesday, but an air ambulance was called to the scene. An ambulance left the scene of the crash and arrived at the air ambulance landing zone on a field off Vedder Road near Petawawa Road before 11:30 a.m., but by 12:15 p.m. the air ambulance had not left.
Two witnesses at the scene, and one via social media who herself was at the scene, told The Chilliwack Progress that RCMP officers reported a male was killed in the incident, but it’s unclear the nature of the injuries that caused the fatality.
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Chilliwack RCMP has been contacted for updates on the incident and to confirm the fatality, which caused serious traffic issues for several hours on Vedder Mountain Road, to and from Cultus Lake and Yarrow.
See www.theprogress.com for more details as they become available.
– with files from Paul Henderson
@CHWKcommunity
jpeters@theprogress.com
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