Someone might have gotten a panicked smart-phone message on Thursday afternoon, after a motor vehicle incident in Prince George.
Witnesses blamed a texting driver. Police at the scene traced a line of destruction along a short stretch of Highway 16 not far from Marleau Road.
It ended at a cube van that got in the way of a tractor trailer.
"Investigators believe the driver of a white cube van went off Marleau Road into the ditch, over a street sign at the intersection of Highway 16 West and collided with the passenger side of an eastbound tractor trailer," said Prince George RCMP spokesman Cpl. Craig Douglass.
"Witnesses advised police that the driver of the cube van was texting at the time of the collision. Speed was also a factor. No one was hurt in the collision."
The 3 p.m. collision slowed traffic for a short period of time but the scene was soon cleared of damaged vehicles and normal vehicle flows restored.
"Multiple charges under the BC Motor Vehicle Act have been laid against the 24-year-old male Prince George resident that was driving the cube van," said Douglass.
