Two people were killed in a single-vehicle crash in rural southwest Nanaimo on Saturday morning.
Const. Mike Thompson of Nanaimo RCMP said in a statement that officers were called to a serious collision near the Nanaimo Lakes Deadwood campground shortly before 9 a.m. along with ambulance paramedics and firefighters.
RCMP closed Nanaimo River Road for investigations and there was no available alternate route around the crash scene.
The B.C. Coroners Service has taken over the investigation, and no foul play is suspected, police said.
