Two drivers were last week airlifted to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after a collision on Highway 93/95 involving an elk and two vehicles.

During the early morning hours of August 16, Columbia Valley RCMP received a report that there was a motor vehicle collision 1.5 km north of Invermere on Highway 93/95.

The report stated that there was a brown Oldsmobile Intrigue in the southbound ditch with the driver trapped inside and a black Nissan Altima still on the road with the driver lying on the side of the road suffering from a possible concussion, reported Sgt. Bob Vatamaniuck, commander of the Columbia Valley RCMP Detachment.

Police attended the scene and not only witnessed the injuries but also observed a deceased elk on the northbound shoulder.

As police spoke with the drivers and witnesses it was learned that the elk had quickly emerged from the ditch and in an effort to avoid hitting the elk the Nissan crossed into oncoming traffic. Unfortunately the Nissan hit the elk and the Oldsmobile.

There was no sign of any impairment and both drivers suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries and were both eventually transported for advanced care at Kelowna Hospital.

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