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Vehicle crashes down embankment along the highway in Nanaimo

Driver reportedly conscious but taken to hospital

A driver was taken to hospital after his vehicle veered off the Nanaimo Parkway and crashed down an embankment.

Emergency crews were called to the crash location in a construction zone about 300 metres north of the intersection of the parkway, Fifth Street and College Drive at about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 12.

Crews on scene said the vehicle went off the side of the highway’s northbound lanes for unknown reasons and crashed in a mid-town water supply construction area.

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