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Parksville man dead after taxi leaves road, hits trees

The crash happened about 2:30 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Resort Drive and Tanglewood Place
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The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the RCMP’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service, the B.C. Coroners Service and WorkSafeBC.

A man is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Parksville Monday afternoon.

Oceanside RCMP said emergency crews responded about 2:30 p.m. to the intersection of Resort Drive and Tanglewood Place, where a white Tesla operating as a taxi had left the road and hit two trees.

The lone occupant, a 66-year-old Parksville resident, was found dead.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the RCMP’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service, the B.C. Coroners Service and WorkSafeBC.

Witnesses and anyone with dashcam footage are asked to contact Oceanside RCMP at 250-248-6111.

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