One person was taken to hospital by air ambulance after a crash involving a semi-trailer truck on the Nanaimo Parkway that closed the highway in both directions Wednesday morning.
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Emergency Health Services said it received a call at 6:09 a.m. about the crash on Highway 19 near Harewood Mines Road.
Three ambulances and an air ambulance with critical care paramedics responded to the scene and provided emergency medical care to two patients.
“One patient was transported by air ambulance to hospital,” said public information officer Rachelle Bown. “The second patient with minor injuries was transported by ground ambulance to hospital.”
Nanaimo Fire Rescue of an overturned semi-trailer truck partially on the shoulder and concrete barrier of the highway. It said the crash occurred south of Fifth Street.
