Man flown to hospital after Hwy. 19 crash in Lantzville
LANTZVILLE — A man was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash on Hwy. 19 in Lantvzille when his SUV took out a lamp standard and tumbled down a short embankment.
Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Gary O’Brien said it happened Sunday night around 9 p.m. near Rumming Rd. when the northbound vehicle with one person inside lost control.
He said the driver was flown to hospital in Victoria with critical, but non-life threatening injuries.
O’Brien said it’s not known what led to the crash, but excessive speed is a suspected factor.