A Salmon Arm man sustained multiple fractures as well as other injuries in a Thursday morning crash that closed Highway 1.
At 5:38 a.m. Thursday, local emergency crews and the RCMP were called to the scene of a crash along Highway 1 near Tappen Beach Road.
“A vehicle left the highway clipped off a BC Hydro pole and went down an embankment and began to burn,” RCMP said in a press release.
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The fire department knocked down the quickly spreading fire, which had ignited the brush in the area, RCMP said, though it caused some delays.
The highway was closed for a period of time while the crash scene and fire were stabilized.
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The 19-year-old driver is being treated and police continue to investigate whether alcohol is a factor in the crash.
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