Truck driver ‘takes out’ electrical lines on Clearbrook Road: Abbotsford police

A truck hauling an orange load waits near Clearbrook Road in Abbotsford. (Courtesy Abbotsford Police Department)

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Posted April 29, 2025 6:08 pm.

Last Updated April 29, 2025 8:20 pm.

Clearbrook Road in Abbotsford closed in both directions Tuesday as emergency crews responded to electrical lines knocked down by a commercial truck.

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The Abbotsford Police Department (AbbyPD) says it was called to the scene around 5 p.m.

Clearbrook Road closed between South Fraser Way and Hillcrest Avenue.

Police say the closure was due to “an oversized commercial vehicle load taking out numerous communications lines.”

The Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement team were on scene, and no injuries have been reported.

The AbbyPD says there is no estimated time for when the road will reopen. The road remained closed as of 8:20 p.m.

A photo from the scene shows a commercial tractor-trailer with an undetermined load covered in orange tarps.

Despite appearances, AbbyPD says it’s not the same truck as the one hauling a similar-looking load involved in an overpass strike in Chilliwack earlier Tuesday. Police say the trucks belong to two separate companies, but the loads belong to the “same shipper.”

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