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ATTENDING THE SCENE – Whitehorse firefighters confer at the scene of this morning’s rollover south of McRae.

Woman taken to hospital after vehicle rolls

A 33-year-old woman was taken to Whitehorse General Hospital this morning with non-life-threatening injuries following a single-vehicle rollover immediately south of McRae.

By Chuck Tobin on March 23, 2015

A 33-year-old woman was taken to Whitehorse General Hospital this morning with non-life-threatening injuries following a single-vehicle rollover immediately south of McRae.

RCMP Cpl. Natasha Dunmall said the driver was southbound when the vehicle left the roadway just past the train tracks.

The highway was being sanded when officers arrived on the scene after having been called at 8:44 a.m., so they’re not yet sure if road conditions played a role in the accident, she said.

“We are still investigating highway conditions.”

A man who was at the scene said the northbound lane that hadn’t yet been sanded when he was there was quite slippery and covered with a very light skim of recent snow.

Dunmall said the driver had already been assisted from the vehicle when officers arrived.

Whitehorse fire chief Kevin Lyslo said she was already out of the vehicle and standing up when firefighters arrived to assist.

He said it’s his understanding fire chief Boyd Pyper of the Tagish Volunteer Fire Department and two off-duty paramedics helped the woman from the overturned 1993 Toyota 4Runner.

Lyslo said firefighters did help put her on a stretcher as a precaution and load her into the ambulance.

The rolled-over vehicle came to a stop on the highway shoulder, suggesting the rate of speed was not excessive.

Drugs and alcohol are not considered to be factors in the mishap.

Traffic was not disrupted.

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AB on Mar 23, 2015 at 3:50 pm

I drive that stretch of road every day. In the southband lane right before the tracks there is a couple of frost heaves and a decent sized pothole either of which capable of sending a vehicle into a dangerous situation.

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