Volkswagen Beetle stunt was ‘illegal and potentially dangerous,’ ‘not a prank’: UBC - BERITAJA

The ammunition of a Volkswagen Beetle has now been removed from a stone look supra Highway 99 successful Squamish.

A chopper was utilized connected Thursday greeting to little the car aft contractors climbed the stone connected Thursday to spot the car into a ample net.

The prank past week, by UBC engineering students, drew a batch of disapproval and B.C. Parks said it took extended administrative activity to scheme the car’s removal.

They received galore bids from contractors to move it, but officials said they were capable to take 1 that donated their services to get the occupation done.

I deliberation it went beautiful smoothly. They were very qualified for the job,” Megan Cobitzsch pinch B.C. Parks said.

“Although they don’t return cars disconnected cliff sides excessively often, I deliberation they did it very safely and they added wheels to the bottommost of it truthful they didn’t scrape the rock. Yeah, it took them each day.”

The provincial authorities has threatened to return ineligible action. The section First Nation condemned the prank and the RCMP said it has opened an investigation.

Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma, arsenic a UBC engineering alumna, said she was unavailable for an question and reply connected Thursday.

UBC Prof. James Olson, Dean, Faculty of Applied Science, was besides unavailable for an question and reply connected Thursday, but did nonstop a connection saying that the “faculty and the Engineering Undergraduate Society are jointly addressing this incident straight pinch students.

“We are characterizing this arsenic an forbidden and perchance vulnerable enactment — not a prank — and 1 that is incompatible pinch the morals that engineering students perpetrate to.

“The Faculty and EUS person been intimately moving together to forestall akin incidents, including a clear accountability scheme and outreach to the Squamish Nation, BC Parks and the section climbing community. Students pinch knowledge of the incident are being directed to study it to the RCMP (File: SQ26 2369).”