One person is dead after a high-speed crash in Burnaby this morning.
The crash occurred just before 4:30 am, Wednesday morning on the 8300 block of Lougheed Highway.
“It was a single-vehicle crash going eastbound,” Sgt. Major John Buis told Daily Hive.
@burnabyrcmp investigating serious single car crash 8300 Blk Lougheed Hwy. E/Bnd lanes closed. E+W/Bnd traffic diverted onto W/Bnd lanes.
— Burnaby RCMP (@BurnabyRCMP) February 22, 2017
Buis said that speed and weather may have been factors.
The eastbound lanes remain closed. East and westbound traffic have been diverted to the westbound lanes.