The aftermath of a crash on Highway 19A on Feb. 15, 2018.
Comox Valley RCMP believe speed was a factor in a collision on Highway 19A that sent two people to a hospital with serious injuries on Thursday.
Police said at around 11:40 a.m., a 2017-model silver Toyota was going north when it clipped another vehicle. The driver of the car then went off the road and hit a tree.
According to RCMP, there is an indication that a high rate of speed was a component in the collision.
The 26-year-old male driver and a 25-year-old female passenger, who are both from Courtenay, were airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries.
Two air ambulances ready to take two patients from a crash on Highway 19A near Courtenay.
RCMP are still investigating along with Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Services and North Island Traffic Services.
Police are asking anyone who saw the silver Toyota Corolla moments before the crash is asked to call Comox Valley RCMP at 250-338-1321 and cite file number 2018-2106.
Multiple ambulances at a serious crash on Highway 19A near Courtenay on Feb. 15, 2018.
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