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BY LAUREN BOOTHBY AND THE CANADIAN PRESS – Posted Dec 10, 2019
GABRIOLA ISLAND, B.C. – A plane has crashed on Gabriola Island, off the coast of Nanaimo.
BC Emergency Health Services sent two ambulances to the scene just after 6 p.m. Tuesday, and about five others were sent via ferry.
No word on the number of passengers on board or their injuries, or what type of plane was involved.
The RCMP say officers are responding to reports of a possible plane crash along with the coast guard and Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre but no further details are available.
With files from Jonathan Szekeres