North Vancouver RCMP a blaming "load shift" for a semi-truck rollover that caused major traffic headaches for commuters Monday morning.
According to Const. Mansoor Sahak, the semi driver was carrying a load of large pallets westbound just before the Mountain Highway off-ramp when the truck tipped over.
No one was injured in the crash and Sahak said investigators don’t believe any criminality was involved.
“Speed was not a factor in this case and there appears to be no negligence, so at this point we're not looking at any charges,” he said.
For the first part of the commute Monday, the crash closed the right lane on Highway 1. Police later had to close all three westbound lanes, allowing crews to remove the truck and debris. That sent highway traffic backing up deep into Burnaby. The highway was fully re-opened by 8:45 a.m.
鈿狅笍UPDATE - The highway is now CLOSED westbound at Mt Seymour Parkway for a vehicle recovery from an earlier incident. Local detour in effect. Drive with caution and expect major delays. Consider an alternate route.
— DriveBC (@DriveBC)
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HAPPENING NOW: we are on scene for a rollover collision on Hwy One westbound just before Mountain Hwy exit in . Right lane is closed. One lane remains open. Heavy traffic remains in the area. Use detour if possible. Updates will be provided once available.
— North Vancouver RCMP (@nvanrcmp)
