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Man flown to hospital after Hwy. 19 crash in Lantzville

Dec 3, 2018 | 10:29 AM

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.