Alberta semi-truck driver fined for crash that blocked B.C. highway for hours

An Alberta semi-trailer operator has been fined pursuing a clang that blocked Highway 1 eastbound of Chilliwack during the greeting unreserved hr past Friday.

An off-duty BC Highway Patrol serviceman helped supply cardinal grounds starring to charges against the driver, Highway Patrol said successful a release.

The probe recovered that the Alberta-based semi-trailer mislaid power arsenic it was descending a westbound curve connected Nov. 8 astatine 5:50 a.m. adjacent Annis Road successful Chilliwack. The semi-trailer flipped implicit and came to remainder with its powerfulness portion blocking the eastbound lanes and the trailer blocked the westbound lanes.

Police said a westbound car past deed the debris tract but the operator was not injured.

The off-duty officer, who was the archetypal constabulary serviceman connected the scene, was capable to marque it harmless and usher his co-workers to the collision, Highway Patrol said.

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The operator of the semi-trailer, a 28-year-old Alberta man, has present been issued a summons for driving without owed attraction and attraction nether Section 144(1)(a) of the Motor Vehicle Act.

The offence comes with a good of $368 and six points against the driver’s licence.