00:36 paged by RCMP to search for driver possibly thrown from vehicle in MVI. Vehicle totally destroyed.
Others from vehicle had said driver was missing. The 4 of them were ambulatory and had been taken to
hospital. Fire had used FLIR along highway with no results but difficult to check well due to terrain and bush.
RCMP suspected driver was really one of the 4 taken to hospital but could not rule out driver being thrown
due to damage to vehicle (e.g. engine thrown from vehicle).
Team deployed on initial search of hillside while Command Vehicle with FLIR units enroute.
01:40 RCMP confirms one of the 4 at hospital was the driver. Search stood down.
03:00 Close task.