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One dead in crash on Lougheed Highway in Burnaby

Burnaby RCMP on scene of a crash on Lougheed Highway. Global News

One person has died in a crash on Lougheed Highway in Burnaby Wednesday morning.

The vehicle left the road going eastbound and slammed into a pole near Production Way around 4 a.m.

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The age and gender of the victim has not been released at this time.

RCMP say the eastbound lanes are closed at this time and eastbound and westbound traffic has been diverted on to the westbound lanes.

Investigators are working to determine if speed and weather were factors in the crash as the temperature was close to freezing at the time.

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