UPDATE: Driver error suspected in two-vehicle crash on Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge that hospitalized 2

Original story from 6:23 a.m. Thursday morning:

AGASSIZ-ROSEDALE BRIDGE – Two people suffered serious injuries after a motor vehicle crash on the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge Wednesday evening.

According to scanner traffic and the Pulse Point medical emergency app, first responders were paged at approximately 6:25 p.m. Wednesday for a crash on the highway.

Agassiz and Popkum Fire engines attended as did multiple RCMP units.

Scanner traffic alluded to a possible pelvic injury to one of the patients, and head pain and additional injuries to a second patient.

A landing zone was set up on the northeast side of the bridge on the dyke. A B.C. Emergency Health Services air ambulance landed at approximately 7 p.m.

RCMP units attend the scene of a serious vehicle crash. (Image Credit: Chloe Geonne.)

A BC EHS spokesperson, Jane Campbell, provided Fraser Valley Today with the following statement:

“BC Emergency Health Services received a call at 6:27 pm today regarding a motor vehicle incident on the North end of the Agassiz Rosedale Bridge,” Campbell said. “Three ambulances with primary care paramedics, one ambulance with advanced care paramedics, an advanced care paramedic responder unit and an air ambulance helicopter with critical care paramedics responded to the scene. Paramedics provided emergency medical treatment to two patients and transported them to hospital, one by ground ambulance and one by air ambulance. Both patients were in serious but stable condition.”

First responders radioed dispatch to say bridge railing had significant damage. Emil Anderson Maintenance, the provincial contractor, was notified about the damage.

The bridge was closed for several hours, but eventually reopened before 11:39 p.m. Wednesday night.

by Mike Vanden Bosch

UPDATE: Driver error suspected in two-vehicle crash on Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge that hospitalized 2

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