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Driver goes over embankment, hits shed roof in West Vancouver

A driver suffered minor injuries Monday morning after driving over an embankment in West Vancouver. Police were called around 8 a.m. to the 6200-block St.

A driver suffered minor injuries Monday morning after driving over an embankment in West Vancouver.

Police were called around 8 a.m. to the 6200-block St. Georges Place, in the Gleneagles neighbourhood, after a vehicle collided with the top of a storage shed.

The rental vehicle had gone over the side of the road and down a short, steep embankment.

According to police, the crash appears to have been caused by driver error the drivers foot slipped off the brake on to the gas pedal. The driver, a 45-year-old woman from the United Kingdom, suffered cuts to her face.

West Vancouver Fire Department and B.C. Ambulance Service also attended.