Camping took a turn for the worst for a Pitt Meadows couple last Thursday.
A man, a woman and a dog were driving from Seymour Arm on what they thought was the road toward Scotch Creek, says Shuswap Search And Rescue search manager John Schut.
“Their pickup had a mechanical problem, went off the road and rolled a couple of times,” says Schut. “They managed to get up bank and walk down to where they could get cell phone service.”
They called an ambulance because the woman had sustained a neck injury.
“The ambulance couldn’t find them,” says Schut, noting SAR got the call for help at 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16. “We went up Scotch Creek Forest Service Road and found them quite quickly.”
Schut says the ambulance had headed up the road past Adams Lake Lumber.
“The ambulance got lost, we had to look for them but they found themselves and radioed back to headquarters,” says Schut.
“In their defence, their cell phone had a GPS co-ordinate that put them on the northeast end of Adams Lake.”
Schut says the eight SAR members who responded to the call were heading to the same location, but took the south approach up the Scotch Creek Forest Service Road.
SAR members called another ambulance, which transported the couple to hospital in Kamloops.
“We put a cervical collar on her and did our best to stabilize her,” says Schut.
“The call finished at about 3 a.m. and one of the members is looking after their dog.”