The B.C. Ministry of Transportation says it has pulled an entire fleet of commercial trucks off the road after the company that operates them was involved in an overpass strike Tuesday.
It happened early in the morning on Highway 1 in Langley at the CP Rail overpass.
The ministry tells CityNews it is still investigating, but in the meantime, S.G.D. Transport Ltd. will have to pull all seven of its vehicles off the roads, pending the outcome of the probe.
The RCMP is also involved and the ministry says it’ll have more to share soon.
This comes a couple of weeks after another company was involved in an overpass strike, this time in Richmond along Highway 99. In this case, the province’s website notes the cause of the crash was “driver error,” noting the truck’s load was “measured incorrectly.” Ludeman Trucking Ltd. was handed violation tickets by the RCMP, with the province’s Commercial Vehicle Bridge/Overpass Crash Report saying an “action plan” has been “implemented and confirmed” as of July 8.
So far in 2024, there have been 19 recorded overpass strikes, according to the province’s website.