Expect heavy delays on Sea to Sky Highway after crash near Daisy Creek

May 10 2024, 7:42 pm

If you’re travelling through Squamish, Lions Bay, or Furry Creek along the Sea to Sky Highway on Friday afternoon, it’s best to be patient, as a crash on the highway has caused delays.

“BC Emergency Health Services received a call at 11:44 am today about a motor vehicle incident on the Sea to Sky Highway near Britannia Beach. An Air ambulance, an Advanced Care Paramedic ambulance, and two Primary Care Paramedic ambulances responded to the scene,” says Paramedic Public Information Officer Brian Twaites.

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BC RCMP Sea to Sky Sgt. Vanessa Munn said traffic was impacted to allow the air ambulance to land.

“One person has been transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Northbound traffic has been re-opened, and currently southbound remains single lane,” Sgt. Vanessa Munn said Friday afternoon.

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Photos from the scene show cars completely stopped heading south and no traffic coming through northbound. An RCMP helicopter was flying over, and multiple first responders were spotted in the area as well.

“Expect major delays,” the agency said on social media.

At 1:30 pm, the Ministry of Transportation’s social media account shared that traffic had resumed northbound, but there were still lane closures southbound at Daisy Creek.

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