Paddler was checking rock formations on Jessie Island near Departure Bay when someone started screaming from above
Two kayakers escaped serious injury by dropping a log while paddling a private island off Nanaimo.
According to police, a 43-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman were found off Jessie Island near the entrance to Departure Bay Beach around 6:45 p.m. I was kayaking. Saturday.
The couple told police they were investigating some rock features near the coastline when someone from the island started yelling at them. After exchanging, he said he continued paddling.
"A few minutes later they heard a commotion. Then they looked up and saw the same person pushing a large log off the cliff directly above them." I could see it," RCMP Const said. Gary O'Brien at Release.
``A pushed log fell directly on a woman's kayaker,'' hitting the rear of her kayak and knocking her into the ocean. rice field. The log also hit her male companion, but he managed to stay upright and helped his friend reach the shore. A person called the police and reported the incident.
Cavalry jumped aboard a Nanaimo Port Authority ship to the island, where he was arrested for assault with a weapon by a 37-year-old man. He was conditionally released and is scheduled to appear in Nanaimo District Court on November 9.
Police photographs of the log in question show it to be about six meters long and twenty centimeters in diameter.
"This was a bizarre incident, and given the size and weight of the log and the distance it fell, the log could have seriously injured both men," said O'Brien. rice field.
The investigation continues.
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