DFO patrol boat falls onto highway in Campbell River – BC | 24CA News

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Published 14.08.2023
DFO patrol boat falls onto highway in Campbell River – BC | 24CA News

Officials are investigating how a Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) patrol vessel broke free whereas being towed on a Vancouver Island freeway.

The incident occurred simply after 9 a.m. Monday on Highway 19 in Campbell River, involving a DFO Conservation and Protection boat.

The DFO mentioned the Titan inflexible inflatable “unexpectedly detached” from its trailer hitch and fell onto the freeway.

No one was harm within the incident, and no autos collided with the boat, nonetheless the trailer suffered some harm, the DFO mentioned.

RCMP attended the scene, and the boat was faraway from the freeway by early afternoon.


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