0:01 12 people are injured after an incident
0:02 at Cultus Lake Water Park this morning.
0:05 Emergency crews responded to the site on
0:07 Columbia Valley Road at around 11:20.
0:10 Paramedics provided medical care to a
0:12 total of 12 patients. Two were taken to
0:14 hospital by air ambulance, 10 others by
0:17 ambulance. BC Hydro confirms the issue
0:20 was electrical in nature and that it
0:23 originated on the customer's side of the
0:26 electrical service. The water park is
0:28 closed to the public today, but does
0:30 host school groups during the week for
0:32 endofear field trips. Earlier today at
0:35 11:20 in the morning, we responded to
0:37 reports of numerous individuals who who
0:39 were suffering from injuries at a water
0:41 park in Cultus Lake. So, paramedics and
0:43 first responders attended very quickly,
0:46 which allowed them to administer first
0:48 aid to those affected. Uh the highway
0:51 was closed closed down for a substantial
0:53 amount of time to allow medical services
0:55 to get those injured to hospital. 12
0:58 people were transported to hospital with
1:01 serious but non-lifethreatening injuries
1:03 out of more precautionary. The Chilowak
1:05 RCMP continues to be engaged in the
1:07 investigation which has now been
1:09 transferred over to workplace BC. So
1:12 this incident is not believed to be
1:14 caused by human involvement. Uh it's an
1:18 isolated incident and there is no
1:20 further risk to the public at this time.
1:22 Several were transported by an ambulance
1:25 but on the road and then there there
1:26 were at least two air ambulances that
1:29 did attend the area which is another
1:31 reason why we had to close the highway
1:32 down to make space for the air ambulance
1:35 to arrive and transport those injured to
1:37 the hospital.