PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — Police say they have found the body of a second person who was trapped in their submerged vehicle after a road washout on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Port Alberni RCMP say two vehicles went into the Sarita River when Bamfield Road washed out on Saturday as an atmospheric river hammered B.C.'s south coast.
The body of the other driver was found a short distance from their truck, which was spotted in the water by a family member on Saturday night. Police say they confirmed the second person was inside their vehicle on Monday, but high water levels and fast-moving currents prevented emergency crews from accessing it, and they will launch a recovery effort once it's safe to do so.
The atmospheric river weather system that brought record rainfall to many parts of B.C.'s south coast also set off a mudslide that swept away a home in the Metro Vancouver community of Coquitlam on Saturday. The body of a 57-year-old elementary school teacher was recovered in the wreckage of the home on Sunday night.
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