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Single vehicle crash claims one life in Parksville

Oceanside

2024-09-10 08:25 PDT

File # Oceanside RCMP 2024-9099

Oceanside RCMP News Release

A man has died following a single vehicle crash at the intersection of Resort Drive and Tanglewood Place in Parksville on Monday afternoon.

On September 9, 2024 at approximately 2:30 p.m., emergency crews responded to a single vehicle collision at the intersection of Resort Drive and Tanglewood Place where a white Tesla operating as a taxi had left the roadway and collided with two trees. The driver, a 66-year-old Parksville resident, was located deceased and there were no other occupants in the vehicle.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation and is being led by the Oceanside RCMP Municipal Traffic Unit in conjunction with the RCMP’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service, the BC Coroners Service and Worksafe BC.

If anyone witnessed the crash, has any dash cam video or has any other information regarding the collision, please contact the Oceanside RCMP at (250) 248-6111 quoting police file number 2024-9099. 

Released by:

Sgt. Shane Worth
Media Relations Officer
Oceanside RCMP
421 Pym Street North, Parksville, BC V9P 1B9
Office: 250-947-6537

Email: shane.worth@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Website: bc-cb.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/oceanside (English only)

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