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Elderly woman drives SUV off Village Bay ferry dock

Sole passenger crashes through wooden railing on Mayne Island, B.C., and has been flown to Victoria General Hospital.
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Photo: BC Ferries boat at Swartz Bay dock in Victoria.

An elderly woman drove her SUV off a BC Ferries dock on Mayne Island, B.C. on Thursday evening and landed upside-down on some rocks. She was rescued by a local fire crew. and flown to Victoria General Hospital.

Her injuries are not life-threatening, according to the CBC.

BC Ferries' Deborah Marshall said the driver was heading down the dock's ramp at Village Bay terminal, trying to board, and crashed through a wooden railing.

The driver's name has not been released and she was the only person in the vehicle. The accident occurred around 5:30 p.m. PST.

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