Cassiar Cannery is raising the alarm about speeding following a weekend rollover on Skeena Drive in Port Edward.
“The worst single-car accident on Cannery Road since my arrival this weekend,” said a post on the Cannery Facebook page. And guess what — it had an N sticker on the back. Someone driving way too fast and the car flipped multiple times with so much force that the aluminum hub caps snapped in half. The spare tire was in the back seat. The car was totalled.”
Cst. Brody Hemrich, a spokesperson for the Prince Rupert RCMP confirmed there was a serious rollover on the road over the weekend. He said four teens were travelling along the road when the driver lost control.
“Minor injuries were sustained by three of the teens and they were transported to the Prince Rupert Regional Hospital by BC Ambulance Services,” Hemrich said in an email.
The driver was issued two violation tickets. the first for having too many passengers in the vehicle contrary to Novice driver restrictions and the other for exceeding the posting speed limit for the road, which is 50 km/hr on the narrow, winding track.
The cannery’s social media post urged parents to talk to their young drivers about the dangers of speeding.
“It’s a beautiful road to drive but it’s narrow with a lot of bumps,” the post said. “Our beauty has teeth out here and it’s not a spot to be reckless no matter where you are — or it will remind you who is boss!”
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