Confusion over a recently installed stop sign could be to blame for a fiery three-vehicle crash in Aldergrove in B.C.’s Lower Mainland.
A Honda Pilot failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with two other vehicles at 248 Street and Robertson Crescent shortly after 2 p.m. on Monday, police said.
Witness Dennis Quiring told Global News the stop sign was installed a month ago.
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“I went to the other side of the car, the passenger side, and pulled the door open to talk to the guy,” he said.
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“He wasn’t really cooperative at that time because he was in shock, so I kinda reached in and gave him a helping hand out of the car.”
Plenty of signs indicate the new four-way stop at the intersection, Quiring added, but the stop sign is easy to miss.
No one was seriously injured in the crash.
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