Truck hauling prefabricated home hits B.C. highway overpass, snarling traffic

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 19, 2025 10:19 PM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

British Columbia's Highway Patrol says different commercialized motortruck has deed an overpass successful Metro Vancouver, causing nary disposable harm but snarling postulation connected Wednesday afternoon. 

Police accidental the tractor-trailer was hauling a prefabricated location on Highway 99 erstwhile it deed the Blundell Road overpass.

Highway patrol spokesperson Cpl. Michael McLaughlin says a aviator vehicle's windshield was damaged aft the crash. Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement and road patrol are investigating. 

McLaughlin says the motortruck remained connected scene, and the operator and institution "will beryllium investigated." 

The B.C. Highway Patrol says the overpass wasn't visibly damaged, but inspectors are "taking a person look" to marque definite it's safe.

Traffic was affected connected the southbound lanes of Highway 99, but the clang was cleared up earlier the evening commute, according to DriveBC. 

The B.C. government's tally of overpass crashes since December 2021 says determination person been astatine slightest 66 specified incidents, astir of them resulting successful fines.

A spate of caller overpass crashes prompted the B.C. authorities to instrumentality stronger measures to forestall them, including suspending a company's operating licence past twelvemonth for repeated violations.