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Port Mann Bridge reopens after major crash snarls traffic, injures two

Click to play video: 'Traffic delays after major incident closes Port Mann Bridge'
Traffic delays after major incident closes Port Mann Bridge
Eastbound traffic is still impacted mid-span on the Port Mann Bridge after a driver of a stalled pickup truck exited the vehicle and was then was rear-ended by a delivery vehicle. – Sep 27, 2021

A huge crash on the Port Mann Bridge Monday morning snarled traffic for about six hours, including into the evening rush hour.

All lanes were opened as of about 4:30 p.m., but since about 10:30 a.m., eastbound on the bridge was blocked and traffic was backed up for many kilometres in both directions.

The BC Highway Patrol said early indications are that a “disabled” pickup truck was rear-ended by a “delivery-type” vehicle, seriously injuring the pickup driver, who’d been outside of the vehicle at the time.

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The driver of the delivery vehicle was also injured and had to be extricated by emergency crews.

Click to play video: 'Dramatic spike in traffic on Port Mann bridge'
Dramatic spike in traffic on Port Mann bridge
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Traffic in and out of Coquitlam and Surrey was heavily affected.

Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to contact BC Highway Patrol in Burnaby at 604-526-9744.

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