One of the BC Ferries workers injured in a training incident at Swartz Bay last month is facing a long road to recovery and his community is rallying to help him out.

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A has been set up for Dave Stone who, with another worker, plunged from the side of the Queen of Cumberland on April 18, when the mechanism for hoisting a rescue boat form the water broke, sending the small boat with both people in it, into the water. BC Ferries crews responded quickly and both were plucked from the water.

Stone, according the the fundraising site, is a single father with two children, suffered a fractured knee, six broken ribs, a punctured lung and damage to vertebrae in his back. He spent a week in intensive care and the trauma ward at Victoria General Hospital.

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As of Monday, May 14, the site had raised $2,755.

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Back in Service

The Queen of Cumberland is expected to be back in service May 18, in time for the long weekend.

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The ferry involved in the April 18 workplace incident at Swartz Bay, has been out of service while BC Ferries replaced a damaged davit - or part of the mechanism used for raising and lowering the vesselB次元官网网址檚 rescue boat. The replacement part had to be shipped from eastern Canada and modified for use on the vessel.

BC Ferries states the vessel, which services the Swartz Bay-Southern Gulf Islands route, is expected to be back in service May 18.

For up to date information, go to the or @BCFerries on Twitter.