Saskatchewan couple survives being buried in mudslide on B.C. highway

KELOWNA, B.C. – A Saskatchewan couple is recovering in hospital after a mudslide swept them off a cliff in British Columbia.

Don Struthers says his brother-in-law Gabe Rosescu and his girlfriend Sheri Niemegeers were en route to Nelson, B.C., when a tree fell in their path.

He says Rosescu didn't have a chance to brake and before they knew it, they were "engulfed by mud and trees."

Struthers says the first person to arrive was a firefighter, who heard Rosescu yelling for help and found him "chest deep" in mud.

Rosescu was airlifted to a Kelowna, B.C., hospital, where he is recovering with significant head injuries and broken bones in his face.

Niemegeers was taken to a hospital in Trail, B.C., and is being treated for a broken sternum and ankle.

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Shelby Thevenot

Shelby has lived across Canada. She grew up near Winnipeg, Manitoba then obtained her B.F.A in Multidisciplinary Fine Arts at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. In 2014 she moved to Montreal, Quebec to study French and thrived in the Visual Journalism Graduate Diploma program at Concordia University. Now she works at iNFO News where she strives to get the stories that matter to the Okanagan Valley community.

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