
‘Left with a lot of questions:’ Oceanside RCMP investigating fatal highway crash
COOMBS — A 36-year-old man died following a single-vehicle crash on the Alberni Hwy just west of the village core in Coombs.
On Thursday, Jan. 30 at about 8 p.m., the man was driving his green Dodge pickup truck west on Hwy. 4A when, for unknown reasons, the vehicle left the roadway to the right near Coombs Rd., went down a steep embankment and rolled onto its roof.
Oceanside RCMP Sgt. Shane Worth said the driver and lone occupant was treated on scene, taken to hospital with critical injuries but passed away later in the evening.
“The crash itself at this time appears to be unwitnessed. We did speak to some people at the scene, who saw the aftermath of the crash, however investigators have yet to identify any direct witnesses to the crash.”