Four accidents on Sooke Road in two days
August 12, 2010
Exclusive MapleLine Magazine story ~ by Mary P. Brooke
MapleLine
writes
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August 12, 2010 - SOOKE, BC. In the space of about 30 hours
there were four vehicle-related accidents on Sooke Road / West Coast
Road, as attended by the Sooke RCMP, August 10 and 11. As a
curiosity, three of them were reported at 25-minutes past the hour.
Details were learned from Staff-Sergeant Steve Wright, Sooke
RCMP, in a telephone interview with MapleLine Magazine on August 13.
 The
first incident, reported on Tuesday afternoon, August 10, at 3:25
pm, a single vehicle bounced off the roadside rocks and landed in
the middle of the road. When police arrived the car was vacant; a
police dog was brought in but did not track anyone. Traffic was
backed up significantly until the car could be moved and the scene
assessed. The investigation is ongoing with the registered owner of
the vehicle.
The
second incident, reported on Tuesday evening at 6:10 pm, occurred at
Polymede Place and Sooke Road (just a bit Sooke-side of the 17 Mile
Pub and Adrenaline). Two vehicles were reported to be involved, but
a single vehicle rollover had occurred, with one injured person
taken to hospital; there was no indication of what caused the
accident but rocks were clipped and a hydro pole showed
impact-damage. The vehicle may have had a mechanical defect. The
driver of the vehicle – a 53-year-old Sooke woman – was arrested the
next morning on an unrelated offence. Both vehicles were blocking
traffic east and westbound for a considerable time.
Then
Wednesday night, August 11, an accident reported at 7:25 pm involved
one motorcycle rider whose bike slipped on the road shoulder and
flipped several times, with the bike ultimately landing on top of
the driver. The driver was one of 15 motorcyclists heading
southbound on Gillespie Road at Sooke Road; the one driver – a
35–year-old Victoria resident – seems to have turned too soon and
his bike lost control. He was taken to Victoria General Hospital
with unknown injuries not believed to be life-threatening. The
investigation is ongoing.
Also
on Wednesday night farther along – on West Coast Road just past
Sombrio Beach – a motor home that had been purchased by some Dutch
tourists lost brake function and came to a stop upon contacting some
logs. Injuries were minor. The incident was reported at 8:25 pm.
Sooke RCMP confirmed mechanical brake failure. A tow truck was there
August 12 to remove the damaged vehicle.
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