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Fatal crash in Chilliwack, B.C., closes Hwy 1 eastbound for hours

A fatal, multi-vehicle crash in Chilliwack, B.C., on Tuesday afternoon closed Highway 1 eastbound for around 12 hours. B.C. Highway Patrol and Chilliwack RCMP said in a statement that they responded to the crash near Yale Road West just after 2:45 p.m. PT.

Officials yet to confirm number of fatalities and injuries

Bridget Stringer-Holden · CBC News ·
Vehicles stopped on a highway, due to a collision. There are police lights flashing behind a car that is sideways on the road and a truck that is partially pulled over. People are outside of their parked cars.
A multi-vehicle collision on Highway 1 near Yale Road West stopped traffic eastbound and reduced westbound traffic to a single lane on Tuesday evening. (Shiral Tobin/CBC)

UPDATE — Aug. 7, 2024: Woman, child dead in B.C. highway crash involving 6 vehicles

A fatal, multi-vehicle crash in Chilliwack, B.C., on Tuesday afternoon closed Highway 1 eastbound for around 12 hours.

B.C. Highway Patrol and Chilliwack RCMP said in a statement that they responded to the crash near Yale Road West just after 2:45 p.m. PT.

Police confirmed fatalities and multiple injuries due to the crash.

"From what we've heard it's five or six [vehicles involved]," Cpl. Melissa Jongema with B.C. Highway Patrol told CBC News. "We had a lot of ambulances on the scene and we're requested helicopters, so there are people being transported to multiple hospitals."

"We just need to wait until investigators are able to touch base with all of those who are injured, and the families of those who have lost a loved one today, [before] we get that final number," Jongema added, in response to a question about how many people were killed and injured in the crash.

The highway was closed eastbound at No. 3 Road with just a single lane of westbound traffic open initially.

The highway fully reopened just before 3 a.m. PT Wednesday, according to DriveBC.

The Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS) has been called to assist, B.C. Highway Patrol said Tuesday afternoon.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bridget Stringer-Holden

Bridget Stringer-Holden is a 2024 Joan Donaldson CBC News Scholar, currently working as an associate producer at Unreserved. She graduated from UBC’s Master of Journalism program and is passionate about science and climate reporting. Her work has been featured in The Globe and Mail, Vancouver Magazine, BCBusiness, The Vancouver Sun, The Georgia Straight and a variety of student papers, podcasts and radio stations. You can reach her at bridget.stringer-holden@cbc.ca.

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