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Young joyriders get vehicles stuck in sensitive Nanaimo Estuary
NANAIMO — Four youth are potentially facing charges from the B.C. Conservation Officer Service (COS) after a rising tide caught them off guard in a protected area.
RCMP were alerted around 8:30 p.m. on Monday, May 27 to four young people and a pair of vehicles stuck in a section of the Nanaimo Estuary near Duke Point.
Reserve Cst. Gary O’Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW the four are between the ages of 16 and 21 years old.
“The tide was rising quickly and there was no way for those guys to get out safely. The [responding RCMP] member was lucky enough to commandeer a nearby canoe and after he donned his life jacket, he paddled out to where the four youth were.”