Traffic is moving again after an early morning fatal crash shut down Highway 1 during the rush hour commute.
RCMP said a dump truck struck the median west of the 176 Street exit shortly after 3 a.m. Tuesday and burst into flames.
RCMP said the driver of the truck died in the crash.
All westbound lanes of Highway 1 at 176 Street were closed for several hours backing up traffic all the way to 200 Street.
Officials warned against drivers taking unnecessary risks in an effort to escape the gridlock.
One vehicle was spotted turning around on the 192 overpass towards oncoming traffic.
“We’re already on the scene of one fatality trying to figure out what happened, we certainly don’t want to see any other collisions and certainly not any other fatalities,” Surrey RCMP Cpl. Elenore Sturko said.
Officials say it’s too soon to tell exactly what caused the driver of the dump truck to lose control and go off the road.