By James Weldon
North Shore News
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A BC Ambulance Service paramedic had to be rescued from the scene of a West Vancouver car crash over the weekend after he tumbled down an embankment while trying to help a man who had driven off the highway.
Emergency crews were called to the area near Eagleridge Drive on Hwy. 1 at about 1 a.m. Sunday after receiving reports that the driver of a 1989 Jeep YJ had lost control and plunged over the barrier. But when rescuers reached the vehicle, which had come to rest at the base of a steep embankment, they found it empty.
A search was launched, and a police dog team together with a police helicopter scoured the area for the missing man. After more than an hour had passed with no sign of him, emergency workers started to pack up their operation.
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