Driver ‘extremely lucky’ to avoid serious injury after rollover crash in Nanaimo
NANAIMO — An apparently tired driver was lucky to escape serious injuries after a rollover along Third St.
A vehicle travelling westbound, towards Wakesiah Ave. left the roadway around 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, flipped and came to rest upside down in a water-filled culvert.
Nanaimo Fire Rescue assistant chief David Dales told NanaimoNewsNOW multiple calls came to 911 reporting a vehicle upside down in the water.
“The vehicle when it entered the water…there was a lot of smoke coming out of it so it was actually interpreted by a few witnesses as a car, inverted, in the water, on fire. Very dramatic to the people who witnessed it, but the reality was it was just about two feet of water in one puddle.”