No One Seriously Injured in This Crash

Sunday, July 22, 2007 05:50 PM

Truck is rolled into the south side ditch of Chief Lake Road. (photo opinion250 staff)

Chief Lake Road in Prince George was blocked for a time shortly after 4.00 Sunday afternoon when a truck left the road on the "S" curve near Fox Drive.

The truck flipped into the ditch knocking a tree down on lines near the road.

(At right, Ambulance attendants look after occupants of truck on one side of the road, while on the other, the tree rests on lines)

No one was seriously injured in the accident, the extent of the damage to the vehicle is not known. Police are investigating.

There have been no reports of any power outages.

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Posted on Sunday, July 22, 2007 05:50 PM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: Truth on July 22 2007 6:39 PM

A lot of new trucks and suvs are poorly balanced. When the point of gravity shifts, they can topple.

Posted by: REALIST on July 22 2007 6:58 PM

Maybe...but an awful lot of people seem to think their trucks are sportcars and are shocked to find out they handle like trucks. Not sure if that's the case here but, you do see many driving their trucks in an "untrucklike" manner. Glad no one was too hurt.

Posted by: ammonra on July 22 2007 8:48 PM

I used to live out past that S curve, and even though I drove it a couple of times a day, I still got surprised on occasion. It really needs to be straightened. There are accidents there quite commonly.

Posted by: MoneKate on July 22 2007 9:30 PM

Slippery Roads?????

Posted by: thereasonableman on July 22 2007 9:51 PM

Slippery hands ???

Posted by: metalman on July 23 2007 8:36 AM

Excessive speed + inattention?
probable. Glad no one was badly injured.
metalman.

Posted by: Harbinger on July 23 2007 10:56 AM

I have driven on that road before. I didn't drive into the ditch. Did that vehicle have a "N" sticker on it? N stands fer nincompoop.

Posted by: jonnypg on July 23 2007 11:14 AM

Excessive speeeeeeed!

Posted by: hartbooks on July 23 2007 3:38 PM

I drive that section of road several times a week. The corner is cut wrong, it "tips" to the outside very badly, and the pavement doesn't go out far enough onto the shoulder. The edge of the pavement is very broken and it's easy to catch a tire. Do that and flip over you go.

Posted by: metalman on July 24 2007 12:32 PM

hartbooks, all of that is true perhaps, but not if you are travelling at a safe speed.

Posted by: thereasonableman on July 24 2007 9:57 PM

It's a 60 zone (from 80). Changes right about.....there !