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Witness leaps into water to rescue driver Mike Davies Campbell RiveR miRRoR
Two pickups collided at the entrance to Discovery Pier, sending one of them into the water Wednesday. At approximately 1 p.m., according to Const. Peter Wise of the Campbell River RCMP, police received multiple 911 calls to attend a collision at the entrance to Fisherman’s Wharf/Discovery Pier between a pickup truck exiting the parking lot – being driven by Campbell River Mayor Walter Jakeway – and another traveling northbound on Highway
19A. The driver of the northbound vehicle lost control and plunged over a bank and into the water by Fisherman’s Wharf. John Brett, who helped rescue the woman as her truck submerged in the harbour, was travelling north. He was the first one at the door of the sinking truck. “She clipped the truck that was coming out of the pier parking lot,” he said, “and skidded over the sidewalk off a planter and over she went.” Brett said he immediately parked his vehicle, scrambled down the rocky bank, dove in, swam to the truck – which was still floating
slightly when he arrived – and managed to get the woman’s attention enough to get her to open her window. “I jammed my head and shoulders in and managed to get her seatbelt off as we sunk, came up for air, and then went back and pulled her through the window,” Brett said. Const. Wise confirmed that the occupant was treated by paramedics on scene for precautionary reasons and cold-water immersion, but sustained no serious injuries from the incident. Gregory Wray Earl, 61, was walkContinued on Pg. 2
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Booms (left) surround the area of the submerged pickup to prevent the escape of any fluids that might leak from the vehicle. Wharf manager Phyllis Titus says there will be no environmental impact from the incident. The vehicle recovery (above) went off without incident in front of a large crowd of onlookers and was completed by approximately 5:30 p.m. The cause of the accident that produced this result is still under investigation.
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