Semi truck crashes. (Image Credit: AbbyPD.)

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Motor vehicle crash

One person transported to hospital after car crashes into semi-truck, sending it off Hwy. 1 (VIDEO)

Jan 31, 2026 | 8:04 PM

ABBOTSFORD – One person has been transported to hospital after a two-vehicle crash involving a semi-truck happened Saturday afternoon in Abbotsford.

The Abbotsford Police Department says emergency first responders were dispatched to Highway 1 at the Peardonville Road overpass after a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle crashed at 4:17 p.m. Saturday.

One person was transported to hospital with minor injuries.

There were no road closures in the aftermath of the crash, as both eastbound lanes of Highway 1 remained open.

Crews were expected to be working in the area throughout the evening to help clear the wreckage and debris from the crash.

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Police say early indications suggest the passenger vehicle lost control and struck the semi‑truck, causing it to leave the highway.

Video of the incident shows a motorist losing control of a passenger vehicle and slamming into the semi-truck, which then veers off Highway 1 and onto a road adjacent to the highway.