An air ambulance has been dispatched to Bowen Island after reports that a helicopter has gone down.
Details are still being confirmed but B.C. Emergency Health Services said they received a call at 9:51 a.m. Friday.
Ground paramedics were sent to the scene and then an air ambulance was called.
Search-and-rescue crews will also be involved in a patient extraction, BCEHS confirmed.
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It is not known how many people were on board the helicopter. There are no details on where it departed from or its intended destination.
Bowen Island has a population of about 4,000 people and can be reached by a 20-minute ferry ride from Horseshoe Bay.
More to come.