A collision that ended with a vehicle falling off a causeway into the water below caused one RCMP member to literally jump into action.

Constable Kevin Drane was responding to a call about a collision on Highway 391 just past the Thompson airport last week and saw the vehicle in the water.

After previous attempts to get a response from any occupants while on the bridge, he knew there was only one way to ensure that they were unharmed.

“I had shown up there, not knowing if anyone was in there, and I couldn’t just sit on the side of the causeway and wait and wonder. So I decided I’d go in and confirm, because I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I would’ve just sat there and they would’ve pulled the vehicle out and there would’ve been someone in it.”

The driver and passengers of the vehicle were later found to be safe, having been picked up earlier by a passing vehicle.

Photo Credit: Kacper Antoszewski