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Global News Morning crew help woman involved in crash on Hwy1 in Langley

ABOVE: Our Global News Morning BC live crew were involved in a crash when they stopped to help a woman along Highway 1 in Langley this morning. They are OK, but conditions are very slippery in the region. – Feb 9, 2017

Highway 1 between Langley and Hope is slick and dangerous Thursday morning, prompting Drive BC to issue a travel advisory warning for a number of hours.

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Our Global News Morning live crew were even on scene when a woman was involved in an accident on the highway in Langley.

READ MORE: Winter storm warnings remain for B.C. as rain creates hazardous conditions, flooding

Our truck had pulled over to help the woman in an SUV who had skidded out and hit the median on the highway going eastbound just past 160 Street.

As our camera operator was checking to see if she was OK, a TransLink community shuttle bus also rear-ended the SUV.

“I saw this vehicle come to a stop after hitting the curb,” said Global News cameraman Corey Callahan. “I was the first one on scene. I tried to help her, I called 911, I was consoling her, making sure she was OK. I was holding her hand at the time and as I was holding her hand the bus came and hit [her] vehicle from behind.”
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“I actually didn’t see the bus coming, it hit us at the last second. If he had hit us any differently, it would have been a completely different story.”

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WATCH: Global News cameraman talks responding to the scene of an accident

Our Global News Morning BC live crew were involved in a crash when they stopped to help a woman along Highway 1 in Langley this morning. Corey Callahan, a Global News cameraman who was part of the crew that stopped, describes what happened and why his instincts are always to help first.

Emergency crews have now taken the driver of the SUV to hospital.

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Our crew is OK.

WATCH: Drivers are being urged not to venture out on the roads unless they absolutely have to. Freezing rain and rain have created hazardous conditions Thursday morning.

“When you’re in the news business and you’re the first one on scene, your first instinct is to get out and help,” said Callahan. “And that’s what I did. I hope she’s OK. She sounded like she was OK, she was talking to me, she was conscious.”

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WATCH: RCMP spokesperson warns drivers to be cautious following crash in Langley

Cpl. Bryan Fedirchuk from Langley RCMP is warning drivers to be respectful of inclimate weather and slow down after responding to a crash on Highway 1 in Langley Thursday morning.

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