Crash involving RCMP suburban and Honda Civic at 4th Ave and Winnipeg Street

Prince George, BC – Four people are in hospital following a two vehicle crash that involved a police vehicle at a downtown intersection earlier this evening.

RCMP Media Liaison Officer, Corporal Craig Douglass, says the collision occurred at approximately 8pm at the intersection of 4th Avenue and Winnipeg Street.

Emergency services including Prince George Fire Rescue, the BC Ambulance Service and RCMP responded immediately. 

Corporal Douglass says the crash involved a police suburban and a Honda Civic.  Douglass says, "One of the three occupants of the Honda Civic was removed from the vehicle with the assistance of the ‘Jaws of Life."

All three were transported to the University Hospital of Northern BC with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.  The lone officer in the suburban was also taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Corporal Douglass says the investigation into the collision has been handed over to the North District RCMP Traffic Services Section.  A collision reconstructionist currently remains at the scene, gathering measurements and evidence in order to help determine the cause of the crash.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the North District RCMP at 250-649-4005 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.