Courtesy West Shore Towing/Twitter
Two accidents on Sooke Road have closed the road to traffic and knocked out power to 1,500 BC Hydro customers.
The two crashes happened around 1:30pm Friday. One crash near the Stickleback West Coast Eatery reportedly involved two vehicles, at least one of which had rolled over.
The other accident occurred near the Shell gas station, where a truck struck a hydro pole. There is no word yet on injuries.
DriveBC currently says Highway 14 is closed west of Gillespie Road with no detour and no estimated time of re-opening.
UPDATE – CLOSED – #BCHwy14 in both directions 4 km west of Gillespie road in #Sooke due to two separate vehicle incidents. Assessment in progress, estimated time of opening unknown. Detour unavailable. Next update at 3:00 PM. Details: https://t.co/nKC6aRAvsY #YYJ #VictoriaBC
— Drive BC (@DriveBC) September 14, 2018
The Sooke School Distict is warning parents and students that buses will be delayed.
#Sooke #SD62 school bus update:
– Expect all buses to be late. We do not have an ETA.
– Anything going east of Sooke, including East Sooke area, is impacted
– W4 is all good— School District #62 (@SD62_Sooke) September 14, 2018
More to come.
Crews are on-site at an outage affecting 1,500 customers in #Sooke due to a motor vehicle accident. They’ll provide updates as available here: https://t.co/700NVDQdhS pic.twitter.com/aNWVCmRXvx
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) September 14, 2018
Multiple Motor Vehicle Incidents. Sooke Road closes in both directions. pic.twitter.com/CKMrj6KuHD
— Sooke Fire Chief (@FireChiefSooke) September 14, 2018
RoadRanger Sean: Sooke Road is closed at the Shell station due to downed power and telephone poles #yyjtraffic @QMuzikDirektor pic.twitter.com/E1iUlhS4qY
— Dr. Scott James (@QMuzikDirektor) September 14, 2018
Keith Vass
