Car plows into Abbotsford encampment, runs over unoccupied tent

A car ran off the road and into an encampment in Abbotsford Tuesday morning.

“At about 6:30 this morning, we had a single car go off the highway at Highway 1, right near Peardonville,” Corp. Michael McLaughlin told 1130 NewsRadio.

The AbbyPD says the vehicle rolled over a tent, however, no one was inside at the time. “Fortunately, the tent was unoccupied, so nobody’s been hurt by this collision,” McLaughlin added.

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Meanwhile, the driver of the vehicle has been taken to hospital as a precaution.

“We got the driver taken to hospital for an evaluation, just in case there are some other medical issues that led to this crash. Nobody outside the vehicle was hurt. … W’re not contemplating charges. There may be a lawful reason for why this vehicle went off the road. It could be something like a medical-related event. If there is something we need to follow up on for enforcement, [we] will do that at a later time,” McLaughlin explained.

If weather was a possible factor in the crash, the corporal explains there’s no information as yet to say whether that was a contributing factor.

“It could have been much worse, if somebody was I that tent. It’s such a busy area, it could have been a lot worse.

“Anytime you have a vehicle going off the road at highway speeds, that presents a real danger, not only to the driver, but to other drivers and potentially anyone off the road. The fact that there was a tent, this could have been much worse. We’re glad nobody’s hurt,” McLaughlin said.

The AbbyPD says there are no further injuries.

–With files from Sonia Aslam.