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RCMP: Air ambulance called to Whiskey Creek after crash involving 2 motorbikes

Both riders taken to hospital with serious injuries

  • Jun. 15, 2021 12:00 a.m.

Two Qualicum Beach residents required hospitalization after a motorcycle collision in Whiskey Creek on Sunday.

Sgt. Stephen Rose with the Oceanside RCMP confirmed police attended a head-on collision involving off-road motorbikes on Melrose Forest Service Road on June 13 at approximately 2 p.m.

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According to Rose, the riders were both adult males in their 30s and required hospitalization with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. One man was transported by air ambulance, and the other by ground ambulance.

Rose said alcohol and drugs were not a factor and does not anticipate charges.

mandy.moraes@pqbnews.com

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