Multi-vehicle crash in Delta sends 4 people to hospital
Posted August 28, 2023 7:10 am.
Last Updated August 28, 2023 9:59 pm.
Delta police say four people were hospitalized after a serious crash forced the closure of Highway 17 in Tsawwassen for several hours Sunday night into Monday.
In a media release Monday morning, the Delta Police Department says it happened just before 7:30 p.m. along Highway 17 at 56th Street. Investigators say one vehicle struck the concrete median, rolled over and hit another vehicle. The displaced median struck a third vehicle, officers added.
A/Insp. James Sandberg says the crash caused “quite a debris field,” leading to Highway 17 being closed for around 10 hours overnight. The highway reopened around 5 a.m. Monday morning.
“The road closure remained as long as it did … for our officers to be able to analyze and reconstruct the evidence and reconstruct the collision,” he told CityNews.
Sandberg says all three passengers in the rolled-over vehicle were hospitalized, along with one passenger from the vehicle it subsequently hit. He says three of the four people have since been released, with one person still in the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Police, fire crews, seven ground ambulances, an air ambulance, and highway contractors were all called to the crash.
Emergency crews are working a serious collision at Hwy 17 and 56 St, Delta. Southbound Hwy 17 is diverted at Deltaport Way. Traffic in all directions will be impacted. Avoid the area.@AM730Traffic @CityNewsTraffic @DriveBC pic.twitter.com/mAyigILIfd
— Delta Police Traffic Unit (@DPDTraffic) August 28, 2023
Authorities are now seeking any video taken in the area in the leadup to the crash, specifically from vehicles that were travelling on Highway 17 and 56th Street Sunday evening.
Anyone with footage can upload it directly to Delta police’s evidence portal.
