Motorists were stranded for hours north of Whistler last night, July 19, after a serious crash closed the highway near WedgeWoods.
Sea to Sky Whistler RCMP were called to the scene by the Whistler Fire Rescue Service at about 10:45 p.m. on Friday night, police said.
The collision involved two vehicles, one of which caught fire, police said.
"The highway was closed in both directions but has since reopened," Cst. Katrina Boehmer with the Whistler RCMP told Pique. "Three individuals sustained various injuries in the collision. The cause of the collision is still under investigation but at this time, alcohol is not deemed to have been a factor."
Meanwhile, a second serious incident south of Whistler involving a motorcycle closed the highway near Lions Bay last night.
In that case, the RCMP’s Lower Mainland Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (LMD-ICARS) was deployed to the crash near Ocean Point Dr., according to a post from Cpl. Dave Noon, of ICARS.
The specially trained officers are called out to do forensic reconstruction of crashes that result in serious injury or death.
