Fatal crash on Highway 1 in Langley

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Posted October 22, 2013 12:23 pm.

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LANGLEY (NEWS1130) – One person has been killed in the accident that’s shut down Highway 1 eastbound in Langley.

The crash at 264th saw an SUV slam into a construction vehicle.

“The SUV burst into flames with the… lone occupant sustaining fatal injuries,” says Sergeant Peter Thiessen.

“The construction vehicle was parked on the highway in the fast lane with all emergency equipment in operation,” he adds.

Mounties say the SUV appears to have been going too fast for the road and weather conditions, noting there was dense fog in the area at the time of the crash.

The highway was re-opened to traffic at about noon.

This was just one of several accidents on a messy morning commute in the Lower Mainland.

Meanwhile, Over in the Birch Bay area, fog is being blamed for a deadly head-on crash on a rural road early this morning. State Troopers say a pickup driver smashed into a car after trying to pass a truck around 1 a.m. Both of the people who were killed are from Blaine.

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