(UPDATE) Side-by-side vehicle flips in off-road Taylor incident

Updated, June 19th, 5:45 p.m.: This story has been updated with additional information from the BC Ambulance Service.

TAYLOR, B.C. — Emergency services rushed to help two people after an off-road vehicle flipped over in the Big Bam area of Taylor. 

Constable Chad Neustaeter, media relations officer with the Fort St. John RCMP, said the detachment received a call at 1:20 a.m. on June 19th from an injured driver who flipped their side-by-side vehicle south of the Taylor Bridge.

Neustaeter said the driver went off an embankment at the end of Big Bam Road, southwest of Taylor.

“Fort St. John RCMP attended and found Taylor Fire Rescue already on scene with the passenger and the injured driver,” said Neustaeter.

The driver in the vehicle was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. He said the passenger has no reported injuries. 

According to BC Ambulance paramedic public information officer Brian Twaites, one ambulance with primary care paramedics responded to the scene. 

“Paramedics provided emergency medical treatment to one patient who was brought out by a local search and rescue crew,” said Twaites.

The North Peace Search and Rescue (NPSAR) confirmed they also helped with the rescue. 

Neustaeter claimed alcohol may have been a factor in the incident, but said charges are not being pursued at this time.

Energeticcity.ca contacted the Taylor Fire Department but did not immediately receive a response.