US EditionPolice received ‘multiple’ calls before Ladysmith, B.C., crash sent two to hospital
LADYSMITH, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AUG 4 – The driver of a Dodge Ram was arrested after causing a high-speed crash by running red lights and hitting multiple vehicles, resulting in two hospitalizations, police said.
- On August 2nd at approximately 7 p.m. in Ladysmith, B.C., police took a driver into custody following a collision between a Dodge Ram and a Nissan Sentra at a highway intersection.
- The crash followed multiple reports to Nanaimo RCMP of the driver behaving aggressively by speeding, running red lights, and hitting vehicles along the Trans Canada Highway.
- According to witnesses, the truck ran a traffic signal at the intersection near Timberlands, crashed head-on with the Nissan, continued traveling in the opposite lane, then struck a median before the driver fled the scene.
- Emergency responders transported both individuals from the Nissan to a medical facility, while police are requesting any witnesses or dash cam recordings from nearby streets to aid their investigation.
- The arrest and ongoing probe suggest law enforcement aims to address the dangerous behavior that caused the collision and prevent further incidents on Vancouver Island roads.
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Police received 'multiple' calls before Ladysmith, B.C., crash sent two to hospital – Energeticcity.ca
LADYSMITH — Police on Vancouver Island say they’ve arrested a driver after a head-on crash at a highway intersection in Ladysmith, B.C., on Saturday. Nanaimo RCMP say they received multiple calls about an aggressive driver of a Dodge Ram on the Trans Canada Highway in the minutes before the truck crashed head-on with a Nissan Sentra. Police say the crash occurred at the intersection of the highway and Timberlands Road in Ladysmith around 7 p.m. …
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