This morning (Nov. 15), at the Denman Island terminal, a pickup truck that was approaching the terminal went through a shore railing between two berths and into the water. The truck was not in the loading lanes at the time.

The BC Ferries crew responded and members were able to throw life rings into the water and bring the two occupants of the pickup truck to the shore. BC Emergency Health Services were on scene to attend to the occupants of the truck. 

There were no injuries to the BC Ferry staff or crew members and no damage to the ferry vessel or the ramp. 

Operations of the Denman Island ferry were paused to have an engineer conduct an inspection of the vessel and the dock. No damage was found and terminal maintenance will be repairing the railing. 

BC Ferries took steps to ensure that the area was safe before resuming services with a sailing departing at 9:03 a.m.

The route is currently only one sailing behind schedule.