Driver dead after logging truck plunges into water near Lake Cowichan

CTV News
November 15, 2017
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada, Canada West

A driver of a logging truck that veered off a road west of Lake Cowichan and plunged into water has died, an employer confirms. TimberWest said the fatal accident involved an employee of a contractor working for the company near its Honeymoon Bay operation. …The Ministry of Environment confirmed that the single logging truck was two kilometres past the Nixon River Bridge when it veered off the road into standing water. The truck was reportedly submerged, according to the ministry. …The ministry said the truck belongs to a sub-contractor for Caatza Logging. 

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