A towing company employee is seriously injured following a crash that shut down the westbound lanes of Highway 1 near Abbotsford.
The collision happened Saturday morning just west of the Whatcom Road exit.
An air ambulance and two ground ambulances attended the scene.
A manager for Abbotsford-based Aggressive Auto Towing Ltd. told Global News one of his employees was airlifted to hospital with severe leg injuries.
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It’s unclear what happened but the tow company believes one car hit another car. The wrecker-operator was picking up a vehicle from that crash when he may have been struck by another vehicle.
Westbound lanes re-opened Saturday afternoon.
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