A 23-year-old man was airlifted to Victoria with unknown injuries after his motorcycle crashed with a car in Nanaimo last night.

According to Nanaimo RCMP, the incident happened shortly after 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30 at the intersection of Howard Avenue and Fifth Street, when an older model Suzuki motorcycle and a Hyundai Sonata collided.

The motorcyclist, who is from Victoria, was treated at the scene by B.C. Ambulance paramedics and transported to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and then flown to hospital in Victoria with serious injuries.

Reserve Cont. Gary OB次元官网网址橞rien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesman, said the driver of the Hyundai, a 70-year-old woman, remained at the scene and cooperated with police.

B次元官网网址淭he driver of the motor vehicle, a 70-year-old woman, was relatively uninjured, but left shaken by the ordeal,B次元官网网址� OB次元官网网址橞rien said.

He said police spoke with witnesses who said the collision happened in the middle of the intersection. The motorcycle was travelling east on Fifth Street and the Hyundai was Northbound on Howard when the the two vehicles collided.

B次元官网网址淭he intersection was closed for a while. Both vehicles were towed and drugs and alcohol were ruled out on the part of the driver of the Hyundai,B次元官网网址� OB次元官网网址橞rien said.

He did not have information about sobriety on the part of the motorcyclist.

The investigation into the crash is continuing.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Nanaimo RCMP detachment non-emergency line at 250-754-2345 and quote file No. 2023-10539.

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