A B.C. driver caused a four-car crash this past Tuesday when he stopped to let a squirrel dash across two lanes of traffic on a Nanaimo highway. The 53-year-old was rear-ended by a commercial food truck and two pickups, one of which was so damaged it had to be towed away.
The crash, which happened around 8:30 am, caused delays when the highway had to be closed to be cleared of debris.
RCMP warned that braking on highways where speeds can exceed 100 km/h is dangerous and can lead to collisions. Last December a Quebec woman was sentenced to 90 days in jail after causing two deaths when she pulled over to help ducks cross a rural highway outside of Montreal.
Paramedics in Nanaimo determined that none of the drivers needed to be taken to the hospital and the squirrel did in fact survive.
