A major crash along the Sea to Sky Highway late Saturday afternoon prompted a full closure of the route on both directions.
According to reports, a crash between a motorcycle and a vehicle occurred at approximately 4:30 p.m. just south of Lions Bay.
Witnesses say several air ambulance helicopters landed nearby to rush two people in critical condition to a hospital. The exact cause of the crash is not known.
The incident resulted in a traffic backlog at least one kilometre long on the southbound lanes, which reopened at 6:30 p.m. The northbound lanes reopened 30 minutes earlier.
@MacDonald_Sarah @CTVVancouver northbound now open on sea to sky highway 99 pic.twitter.com/mhPtfjFMC6
— Marcus Richardson (@Marctographer) May 10, 2015
Terrible accident on sea to sky highway. Motorcycle drove into car out of gas pic.twitter.com/Ml2SNus5Je — Marcus Richardson (@Marctographer) May 10, 2015
If I have to be stuck on the Sea to Sky, I may as well have cool neighbours pic.twitter.com/IBWkf00PYV — Monika L (@MLVanBC) May 10, 2015
@news1130traffic Sea to Sky going to horseshoe bay stand still ambulance just got through. Parked pic.twitter.com/uVg8Veprhr
— Mark Teasdale ★ (@MarksGonePublic) May 9, 2015
#hwy99 #lionsbay MVA update. N bound traffic flowing. S bound closed – big parking lot. Keep centre of road clear pic.twitter.com/HnihnhrlB7 — Xtal Radio (@Xtalradio) May 10, 2015
#hwy99 #lionsbay, northbound open to some traffic. One air ambulance away from Lions Bay to city pic.twitter.com/qRb1zic17X
— Xtal Radio (@Xtalradio) May 10, 2015
#HWY99 #lionsbay closed. Keep centre of road clear for emergency vehicles pic.twitter.com/FIqMuvc8xF — Xtal Radio (@Xtalradio) May 10, 2015
#Hwy99 closed both ways north of #lionsbay pic.twitter.com/9JDjsJI0n0
— Xtal Radio (@Xtalradio) May 10, 2015
MVA #hwy99 #LIONSBAY 2nd + 3rd road Ambulance away northbound to meet 2nd Air Ambulance pic.twitter.com/9eqADuWPSg — Xtal Radio (@Xtalradio) May 10, 2015
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