UPDATE – #BCHwy7 Trees down between 240th St & 272nd St. CLOSED in both directions. Detours in place. Expect delays. Use alternate routes. #MapleRidge #MissionsBC
— DriveBC (@DriveBC) September 7, 2020
No one was injured, but a family of three was trapped inside their courtesy car on the Lougheed Highway in east Maple Ridge Monday afternoon after a windstorm brought down high tension wires on the top of their car.
They had to remain in the vehicle until BC Hydro could cut power and release the wires, witnesses reported.
Lougheed Highway from 240th to 272nd Streets, will likely be shut down until possibly midnight, emergency crews reported a few hours into the call.
UPDATE – #BCHwy7 Trees down between 240th St & 272nd St. CLOSED in both directions. Detours in place. Expect delays. Use alternate routes. #MapleRidge #MissionsBC
— DriveBC (@DriveBC) September 7, 2020
High winds have knocked down trees and wires in the Whonnock area of Maple Ridge, in multiple location along the Highway 7 corridor.
The intial call came in a little before 12:30 this afternoon, with sevearl trees having fallen – knocked over at least six hydro poles and damaging several others.
Emergency responders are currently attempting to block off the major thoroughfare and redirect traffic north to Dewdney Trunk Road and other alternate routes north of Lougheed.
Hydro outage updates indicate there are about 600 customer east of 240th Street in Albion east through to Ruskin, in the vicinity of the highway.
The long weekend is here! Please, please, please, just take your time and drive safe. #EyesFwdBC @icbc @RoadSafetyKate pic.twitter.com/llvakhXukl
— Ridge Meadows RCMP (@RidgeRCMP) September 4, 2020
While wires are reportedly down along the highway, Maple Ridge also has reports of power out to about 300 more customers west of 232nd Street, north of 124th Avenue, as well as in the 11400-block of 236th Street.
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