By James Peters

SAR crews rescue driver from crash near McLure

Nov 9, 2017 | 11:05 AM

BARRIERE, B.C. — Barriere Search and Rescue volunteers were needed to extract a patient from a crash near the community last night.

The crash took place near McClure, and Acting Barriere SAR President Todd English says it involved a logging truck and a sport-utility vehicle.

“I was actually in the lineup when the accident happened. Our crew was paged out for the accident. Basically, the driver of an SUV had rear-ended a logging truck,” said English.

SAR volunteers extracted the SUV’s driver, and details of his injuries aren’t known.

English says traffic on Highway 5 was tied up for an extended period, but drivers acted admirably.

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“The traffic was really badly tied up in both directions but actually, everybody behaved really well when we were on our way there. Normally we have a few people get in our way, but this time, everybody got out of our way as quickly as possible. It was really, really well done.”