A Nanaimo woman had to be airlifted to hospital in Victoria after an ATV crash in the woods south of Nanaimo on Easter Sunday.
Ron Gueulette, Cranberry Volunteer Fire Department chief, said the incident happened at about 4 p.m. Sunday, March 31, when the woman, driving a quad ATV, and a male friend on a motorbike were riding in the Nanaimo River Road area.
B次元官网网址淚t was north of the [B.C. Hydro] substation on the east side of the power lines,B次元官网网址 Gueulette said.
He said there was an automatic launch of a B.C. Ambulance Service helicopter, which actually spotted the accident scene before the fire department, which was searching for the crash site.
B次元官网网址淲e had voice contact, but we really couldnB次元官网网址檛 see where they were and then this chopper came around and spotted them down in this little gully and landed relatively close to them,B次元官网网址 he said.
Gueulette said the man and woman were only about 300 metres into the woods from Nanaimo River Road, but it was a large area to try to locate them.
He did not know the extent of the womanB次元官网网址檚 injuries.
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