Crash Closes Highway 16 Near Fort Fraser

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 07:07 PM

Fort Fraser BC.- The Fraser Lake RCMP and the RCMP, Stewart- Nechako Traffic Services say they expect highway 16 , 2 Kilometres west of Fort Fraser to re- open by 8pm Tuesday (tonight), after a crash between a Commercial Transport tractor trailer unit and a passenger vehicle at 1.28pm. today.

The male driver of the car was taken to hospital in Vanderhoof. His condition is not known. The driver of the transport was not injured.

While highway 16 was closed at the scene of the crash, a detour was set up around the site and traffic was being re- routed.

The cause of the crash is not known at this time.

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Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 07:07 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Palopu on September 29 2009 7:58 PM

This is a very busy highway. If the driver of the car was taken to Vanderhoof, and the driver of the transport was not injured. Then one wonders why the Highway has to be closed for 6.5 hours.

There must be someway that Highway accidents can be cleared up faster. Seems that every year the time the highways are closed gets longer and longer.

Rerouting traffic in this case kept the traffic moving, but rerouting isnt always an option.

Posted by: Stompin Tom on September 29 2009 8:42 PM

An educated guess would be either cleaning up the load, it could be dangerous goods, or damage to the road or the bridge just past Beaumont Park.

Emergency responders try their best to get the traffic moving as fast as they can, but they have to follow all safety procedures.

Posted by: Poppa on September 29 2009 10:50 PM

Then one wonders why the Highway has to be closed for 6.5 hours.

Palopu
Whenever there is a commercial transport type vehicle involved the investigating time is multiplied because along with the RCMP investigation Transport Canada,WorkSafe,the companies insurance carrier,the company itself all get involved. And this is without a fatality - it is even worse then. And if there is a environmental issue- well it is lucky the road re-opened at all!!!

Posted by: Stompin Tom on September 30 2009 7:47 AM

You are right, there is definatly a fine tooth comb brought out when a commercial vehicle is involved in an incident, they are held to a much higher standard than your average car.

Posted by: interceptor on September 30 2009 8:12 AM

Shortly after two an ambulance came through Vanderhoof and headed for PG with lights and siren on - are they sure they didnt take this person in to PG?
Best wishes to him either way

Posted by: Palopu on September 30 2009 6:40 PM

So what we are saying is that Worksafe, Business,,,Insurance Companies, etc; have the ((right)) to slow down, divert, delay, and generally impose on thousands of Citizens so that they can be sure that their asses are covered.????