BC Ferries says it had no involvement in six sick passengers on Saturday

BC Ferries says it has nothing to do with a medical incident that left six passengers sickened, including two who had to be taken to hospital.The incident occurred Saturday on an afternoon sailing preparing to leave from Swartz Bay for Tsawwassen when six people were ill in a stairwell and required medical attention.Sonia Lowe, a spokeswoman from BC Ferries, says B.C. Emergency Health Services is best positioned to speak to the cause of the sickness, but they can confirm “it did not involve BC Ferries’ property, infrastructure or operations.”