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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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