Imagine travelling along Highway 99 and being greeted by a rock the size of a small vehicle.
That was the reality for some drivers going through Lions Bay early Sunday morning.
A boulder was sitting in the left northbound lane on a dangerous stretch of the Sea-to-Sky Highway around 1 a.m.
“You literally came right around a corner and it was right there. So if you had been passing somebody, it would’ve killed somebody,” said Squamish resident Steve Fecho.
“You would’ve hit that rock and you would’ve hit a brick wall — it was about the size of a Mini Cooper.”
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“If somebody would’ve hit it, there would have been significant damage for sure. I’m surprised they cleaned the highway up as quickly as they did,” he said.
Fecho said he turned his car around and put his hazard lights on to warn oncoming drivers until crews arrived to clean up the mess.
In an e-mail to Global News, the Ministry of Transportation said the boulder was cleared Sunday morning and that the rock had fallen after snow and ice melted in the area.
As of Sunday afternoon, Cypress Mountain had recorded 48 centimetres of snow over the past three days.
There were no reports of injuries or damage due to the boulder blocking the highway.
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