An officer and a civilian were both injured after a police vehicle was struck on Highway 1 in Langford Sunday afternoon.
In a tweet, Westshore RCMP said that the incident occurred at the Millstream Rd. interchange.
DriveBC also tweeted at 2:48 p.m. that the collision led to a closure of northbound traffic, with vehicles detouring via the off and on-ramps.
A photo from the scene shows a black SUV collided with a police cruiser, apparently from behind.
Highway 1 is closed at Millstream Exit. Officer involved accident 👮♂️. They were sitting there filling their end of month speeding quotas earlier, always felt that was a dangerous place for officers to rip on to the HWY at full speed to catch ppl. #yyj #yyjtraffic @TheZone913 pic.twitter.com/AL8EbqyNLP
— Curtis Lindsay REMAX (@VicHomes4Sale) June 27, 2021
According to Oak Bay police chief Ray Bernoties, the police vehicle was stationary when it was hit.
Bernoties tweeted that the officer in the police vehicle was from the Oak Bay police, and had been assigned to the Integrated Road Safety Unit.
The officer was taken to hospital for unspecified injuries but Bernoties said they spoken and the officer was “doing well.”
The driver of the vehicle that struck the police vehicle was also taken to hospital, according to Bernoties. He added that the driver was conscious but injured.
Bernoties went on to say that due to the involvement of the police and a civilian injury, the Independent Investigation Office and Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner have both been notified.
This was an Oak Bay member on secondment with IRSU. I spoke with him a while ago. He's doing well but was injured. I don't have an update on the driver who hit the stationary Police car. He was conscious & also taken to hospital. As a civilian was injured…. https://t.co/nV2h5lSFTI
— Ray Bernoties (@ray_oak) June 28, 2021
