A crash yesterday in Courtenay left two people injured.
RCMP were responding to a single vehicle crash between Cliffe Road and Island Highway North around 5:10 p.m. when a vehicle ahead of them suddenly accelerated and appeared to speed through the Veteran’s Memorial Parkway intersection.
Officers stopped at the scene of the first accident but were notified a few minutes later that the speeding vehicle had lost control, flipped several times, and crashed on Huband Road.
Cst. Monika Terragni of the Comox Valley RCMP said only one male was found originally and taken to the hospital, and another was found after a search.
“Witnesses reported seeing two males exit the crashed vehicle on Huband Road, one of whom was bleeding from the head.”
The second male was found after a search by frontline officers, Police Dog Services, an RCMP drone team, and the RCMP Air Services helicopter.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact the Comox Valley RCMP.
There is no updated status on the condition of the two injured males.
