It was chaos for commuters in the Fraser Valley Monday morning as two commercial vehicles struck overpasses on Highway 1.
In Abbotsford, police at the scene told Global News a truck driver’s front left tire blew out on Highway 1 going eastbound, causing the truck to lose control and hit the pillar for the No. 3 Road overpass.
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The highway was closed westbound, along with the No. 3 Road overpass, but both have now reopened.
The truck also appears to have caught on fire and Abbotsford firefighters were called to put out the flames.
Police said in a tweet the driver is not injured and added it’s remarkable the driver of a fully-loaded rig was able to survive a collision while travelling at a speed of nearly 100 kilometres an hour.
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“At this time, it appears one of the truck’s front tires of the vehicle, while traveling eastbound along Highway 1 blew, resulting in the driver losing control and entering the centre meridian and striking the highway overpass,” Sgt. Paul Walker with Abbotsford police said.
“This is not a criminal investigation. This is a very horrible day that, remarkably, resulted in no tragic loss of life.”
Meanwhile, in Langley, a piece of heavy equipment on a trailer hit the 264th Street overpass.
A large green metal can was seen resting against the concrete divider a short distance beyond the overpass in the westbound lane.
The incident caused a huge traffic backup during the morning commute.
Langley RCMP has not released any information at this point as to have the incident happened.
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Between December 2021 and March 2023, there have been 15 overpasses hit in the Lower Mainland, mainly due to overheight vehicles.
More to come.
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