Serious crash on the Port Mann bridge shuts down eastbound lanes for hours

A serious crash on the Port Mann bridge shut down the eastbound lanes on Highway 1 over the bridge for hours today and also affected some westbound traffic on the busy route.

The BC Highway Patrol says its criminal collision investigation team was called after a delivery truck rammed the back of a disabled pickup just after 10 this morning, injuring the pickup driver who was outside the vehicle and trapping the delivery driver, who had to be freed by emergency crews.

Drive BC on Twitter:

PortMannBridge - the Eastbound [EB] multi-vehicle incident that occurred at approx 10:30 AM is still in the process of being cleared.

Consider an alternate route for your afternoon commute.

@MainroadLM

Details: https://drivebc.ca/mobile/pub/events/id/DBC-33698.html

All Eastbound [EB] lanes are now OPEN on the #PortMann bridge.

Expect major delays and congestion as the traffic volume clears.