A highway maintenance worker suffered serious injuries after being struck by a tire that came loose from a truck.
Just before 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, near the Chemainus River Bridge on Highway 1, RCMP responded to a report of an injured roadside worker.
Police arrived and witnesses who saw the incident remained on scene to help the injured 30-year-old woman.
It was determined that the rear driver’s side wheel assembly broke off of a work truck which travelled through the construction zone, and both tires separated.
The worker was able to avoid one tire, but was struck by the other.
The driver of the vehicle remained on the scene.
Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement officers (CVSE), and investigators from Worksafe BC both came to assist the RCMP in their investigation.
The worker was transported from the scene by BC Ambulance and is recovering from injuries received in this incident.
The RCMP continues to work alongside Worksafe BC and CVSE to determine if there is any criminality in the investigation.
