Lake Cowichan RCMP attended an accident involving a motorcycle and a SUV on Highway 18 on Aug. 9. (File photo)

Lake Cowichan RCMP attended an accident involving a motorcycle and a SUV on Highway 18 on Aug. 9. (File photo)

Motorcyclist injured in crash on Highway 18 at Lake Cowichan

Investigation continuing

  • Aug. 10, 2018 12:00 a.m.

A motorcyclist received serious injuries after a collision with a SUV on Highway 18 at the intersection of Youbou Road on Aug. 9 just before 10 a.m.

Upon attendance, officers from the Lake Cowichan RCMP detachment found the driver of the motorcycle being attended to for injuries sustained as a result of the collision.

The motorcycle driver, a 71-year-old from Lake Cowichan, was transported to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

The driver of the SUV, a 87-year-old from Youbou was not injured.

Initial investigation lead police to believe that the SUV, a grey 2011 Ford Escape, was attempting to make a left hand turn from Highway 18 onto Youbou Road, when it struck the motorcycle that was travelling west on Highway 18.

The investigation into the incident is ongoing.

Cowichan Valley Citizen