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Oceanside
2025-05-07 11:29 PDT
File # Oceanside RCMP 2025-4193
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Rocks believed to be intentionally placed on the Inland Island Highway in the early hours of last weekend caused one vehicle crash and damage to at least two other vehicles.
Over the weekend, Oceanside RCMP responded to two separate incidents of rocks believed to have been intentionally placed on Highway 19 between the Little Qualicum River Bridge and Corcan Road.
The first incident occurred just after midnight on May 3 when a northbound vehicle struck a large stack of rocks in the slow lane and went off the right side of the highway crashing into an embankment. The vehicle occupants were uninjured. As police and emergency crews were clearing the crash scene about an hour later, a second stack of rocks was located in the slow southbound lane of the highway south of Corcan Road. The second stack of rocks was cleared with no cars having reported striking them.
The second incident was reported just after 2:00 a.m. on May 4 when a southbound vehicle and two northbound vehicles struck rocks placed in the southbound and northbound lanes of the highway near the Corcan Road overpass. One vehicle sustained a damaged radiator, one vehicle a flat tire, and the other vehicle had no observable damage.
There was potential for serious harm to have occurred from these reckless acts but thankfully, nobody was injured in any of these incidents, says Sergeant Shane Worth of the Oceanside RCMP. There have been no further reports of rocks on the highway since last weekend, however if anyone has dash cam video or any other information about who is responsible for these dangerous acts, please call Oceanside RCMP at (250) 248-6111 quoting file number 2025-4193.
There was potential for serious harm to have occurred from these reckless acts but thankfully, nobody was injured in any of these incidents,
There have been no further reports of rocks on the highway since last weekend, however if anyone has dash cam video or any other information about who is responsible for these dangerous acts, please call Oceanside RCMP at (250) 248-6111 quoting file number 2025-4193.
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