I think people are quite disturbed by it,” she said. Leanne Salter, who represents Whiskey Creek for the Nanaimo Regional District, said she was shocked to hear of the killings. “We do not believe there is any ongoing risk to the public. Initial findings lead investigators to believe that this in an isolated incident between parties well known to one another,” Foreman said. Investigators believe there are additional people associated with the killings who remain at large. “Forensics will have to be used to confirm.”
“What hasn’t been confirmed is that they were indeed the occupants found deceased in the trailer,” Foreman said in an email. They were under court-ordered bail conditions that included a night-time curfew and as a result, police were often in the area to check that they were abiding by their conditions. Oceanside RCMP contacted the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit, which investigates homicides on Vancouver Island and is now in charge of the investigation.įoreman said Oceanside RCMP officers were familiar with the two people living in the trailer. The shooting victim was in critical condition and was airlifted by B.C. In another trailer, they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds, Foreman said. Two more victims were found dead in the burned trailer. When police and paramedics arrived, they found one man and confirmed he was dead. Sunday after he found an unresponsive man, Oceanside RCMP spokesman Cpl. Police believe people connected to the crime are still at large.Ī person riding his off-road motorbike on the Melrose Forest Service Road in rural Qualicum Beach called 911 around 2 p.m. One survivor, a man suffering from gunshot wounds, was airlifted to hospital in critical condition. Two of those accidents reported to have injuries (not including this accident).Major crime officers are investigating a targeted killing after three bodies were found, two of them in a burned-out travel trailer, in a gravel pit at the end of a logging road near Whiskey Creek. 1, 2017, MCSO has investigated 12 accidents at this intersection (including this most recent accident).
Bottone said the intersection is a four-way stop, adding that it’s an intersection that sees a lot of accidents.Īccording to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, since Jan. “You’re talking quite a difference in weight and obviously any motor vehicle accident involving a tractor-trailer has the potential to be a serious accident.” Matthew Bottone, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer. “At this point, this is a very active and ongoing investigation,” said Sgt.
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Srbinovski was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The driver of the tractor trailer was issued a ticket for Failure to Stop for a Stop Sign.Īccording to investigators, drugs and alcohol do not appear to be a factor in this accident. Officials from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office say deputies, along with Chili Fire Department and CHS Ambulance, responded to the crash at the intersection of Beaver Road and Chili-Scottsville Road around 8:30 a.m. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, an eastbound tractor trailer failed to stop for the flashing red stop light/stop sign and proceeded through the intersection, striking Srbinovski’s vehicle. Tome Srbinovski, 67, of Gates, was northbound on Chili Scottsville Road, stopped at a stop sign, and then proceeded northbound through the intersection. (WROC) - A person is dead after a two-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer in Chili Wednesday morning.