Two people were rushed to hospital with non life-threatening injuries Monday morning after a head-on collision on Highway 19 near exit 51 in Parksville. Witnesses said a northbound Volkswagen Jetta crossed the center median into opposing traffic. It hit a Chevrolet Cobalt heading south. Charges of driving too fast for road conditions have been laid against a 46-year old Nanaimo woman. The driver of the second vehicle was a 19-year-old Parksville man.
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