Motorcyclist sent to hospital after crash on 'Million Dollar Alley'
By Kyra Hoggan
Yet another motor vehicle accident on Columbia Avenue in front of the Brick has sent a motorcyclist to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries this morning.
“An elderly man was driving a minivan southbound along Columbia in the lefthand lane,” said Castlegar RCMP Const. Kyle Plotnikoff, noting the crash happened at roughly 8:50 a.m. “He was turning left onto Wade Road when a northbound motorcycle struck the rear passenger tire and bumper (of the minivan).”
Plotnikoff was careful to underline that police have not yet determined who was at fault in the collision.
“The motorcyclist, a male in his 40s, was taken to Trail hospital with what may be a broken arm, and with neck and back pain.”
He also said the 77-year-old minivan driver was shaken, but uninjured.
This all happened along a stretch of highway notorious for collisions – hence the nickname ‘Million Dollar Alley’. City officials have lobbied unsuccessfully for years to have the speed limit reduced in that area, but the Ministry of Transportation has, thus far, declined to do so.
