June 23, 2025
RED FM News Desk
PORT ALBERNI, BC – Mounties in Port Alberni report that five individuals managed to escape an SUV after it rolled into Sproat Lake early Sunday morning.
According to police, at approximately 12:22 a.m., the SUV veered off Taylor Main Forest Service Road and “rolled multiple times down an embankment and into the lake.”
Police stated that the occupants, four men and one woman, were able to exit the vehicle and meet paramedics on the road. They all sustained “some injuries” but are expected to recover.
“Officers are still investigating the collision but do believe alcohol to be a factor,” said RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Brett Urano in a news release.
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