Fearing the worst, emergency responders attended a motor vehicle crash in the 5500 block of Sooke Road on November 28th. The initial call came in as a logging truck versus car with the driver of the car trapped and requiring extrication. with a short handed crews, those firefighters that were available responded from both Sooke stations to the scene. Fortunately, the car and truck were not pinned together, rather it appears the driver of the car had crossed the centre lane and hit the logging truck in both sets of rear wheels causing severe damage to one rim on the first axle and damage to the tire on the second axle. A large chunk of rubber was also torn out of the tire located on the trailer portion of the logging unit. All three tires and likely two rims would have to be replaced. The car suffered extensive front end damage and while the driver suffered only minor injuries, the Jaws of Life had to be used to get the door open. The driver was tranported to hospital and the RCMP continue to investigate the cause.
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