Image: Contributed / Multiple Chilliwack firefighters were dispatched just after 10 p.m. Wednesday night after a vehicle crashed into a ditch near the railroad tracks, just off Industrial Way in Chilliwack.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Vehicle crashes

Vehicle crashes into a ditch near Chilliwack railroad tracks Wednesday night

Mar 27, 2025 | 8:08 AM

CHILLIWACK — Four Chilliwack Fire Department engines were paged at just after 10 p.m. Wednesday evening when a vehicle veered off the road and crashed into a ditch near railroad tracks.

According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack Fire Department Engines 1, 4 and 6 and Tender 6 were paged at about 10:03 p.m. for the report of a motor vehicle incident near Yale Road and Highway 1.

Firefighters eventually located what appeared to be a Honda Civic in a ditch just off Industrial Way, near Langley Concrete.

Image: Contributed / The general location of Wednesday night’s vehicle crash, according to a witness who drove by the incident.

Two ambulances responded and attended to two occupants of the vehicle. The extent of their injuries is not immediately known.

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The battery to the vehicle was disconnected, firefighters told dispatch. RCMP were asked to attend due to a tow truck being required.

The cause of the vehicle crash is not immediately known. Roads were slick from the rain.

A longtime Chilliwack resident who drove by the accident scene said the location of the crash has had multiple accidents over the years, as motorists sometimes use the road parallel to the highway as a way to avoid police on Highway 1.

The air bags in the vehicle appear to have been deployed. Yellow caution tape had been strung across the vehicle.