Here’s why Highway 99 was closed Tuesday night

Two motorbike crashes brought targeted traffic to a standstill on the Sea to Sky Highway for numerous hours on May 2.

Tuesday night time at about 7:45 p.m., a bike rider crashed just north of Lions Bay.  

According to a Squamish RCMP news launch, the driver sustained upper human body injuries and was currently being taken care of by BC Ambulance paramedics when officers ended up named away to a next motorcycle crash at about 8:25 p.m.

The second crash was at Britannia Beach. Law enforcement say the driver was travelling southbound and dropped control of his bicycle.  

The critically hurt rider was taken by ambulance to a Lower Mainland healthcare facility. He has given that stabilized, law enforcement say. 

This crash required many to start with responders. Those people called to the scene incorporated customers of the Built-in Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS) team — which investigates significant crashes — paramedics with BC Ambulance, firefighters with Britannia Beach front Fire Rescue, and staff from Miller Capilano.  

The bikes associated in both equally crashes also experienced to be towed absent.

All informed, Highway 99 was shut for about 6 and a fifty percent hrs Tuesday night time “for the safety of the driver and responders as they processed the scene, which include ICARS who conducted their investigation,” reads the launch.

“At the time the investigation is entire, law enforcement can assess what elements contributed to this incident.”

Many motorists ended up stuck through the evening striving to make it to the metropolis or household to Squamish, Whistler and over and above. 

The highway re-opened at about 3:30 a.m., in accordance to Push BC. 

It has been a annoying week on the street for freeway motorists in our region. 

On Saturday early morning, Highway 99 was totally closed for about five hrs because of to a crash that despatched a motorcyclist to clinic with major injuries.

Might is Motorbike Recognition Thirty day period, and Sea to Sky RCMP Squamish have responded to a few bike accidents in just 4 times together Highway 99.

“It can be tough for us to motivate automobile drivers to respect motorcyclists who you should not manage control of their bikes and, at situations rushing rules. This becoming stated, we remind automobile drivers to retain situational awareness for their own security so they will not come to be secondary victims,” claimed Cpl. Angela Kermer of the Sea to Sky RCMP in the launch.

Any individual with any details pertaining to these crashes is questioned to contact the Squamish RCMP at 604-892-6100, Criminal offense Stoppers at 1-800-222-Recommendations, or go to the internet site www.solvecrime.ca.