Here are some crime stories from around B.C. on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025
B.C. dump truck driver issued 10 violation tickets after crash
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Burnaby police have slapped a dump truck driver with 10 violation tickets after his out-of-control vehicle crashed into a lamp post and hydro pole in Burnaby.
No one was injured in the Jan. 13 collision on Boundary Road near Myrtle Street, but the impact of the crash knocked the poles over and affected traffic and a nearby train track for several hours.
RCMP said the truck was overloaded, had poor brakes, and should not have been on the road.
“Our investigators believe that a proper pre-trip inspection could have caught several defects that may have prevented this collision,” said Burnaby RCMP spokesman Cpl. Mike Kalanj in a statement. “We are extremely lucky that nobody was hurt as a result of this incident, as the truck was travelling downhill with ineffective brakes.”
The violations included failing to ensure the vehicle was in safe operating condition, failing to comply with trip inspection requirements, and exceeding the axle weight of the truck and trailer.
Last year, Lower Mainland authorities conducted 52 commercial vehicle enforcement checks in the region, with 2,409 trucks inspected. Of these, more than half were placed “out of service” and 5,774 violation tickets were issued.
Burnaby RCMP also conducted its own enforcement in the municipality and found 61 per cent, or 827 out of 1,352 inspected trucks, had to be pulled off the road.
One dead after fire in homeless camp in Langley
One person is dead after a fire broke out at an encampment off Highway 1 in Langley Thursday morning, said police.
Langley RCMP said it received a report of a fire at the encampment near the 200th Street exit at around 450 a.m.
One person was found dead. The cause of the fire is not yet known.
“We are in the very early stages of this investigation and actively working to determine the full circumstance that led to this fatality,” said Sgt. Zynal Sharoom of Langley RCMP in a statement.
The detachment is working with the Township of Langley Fire Department and the B.C. Coroners Service to investigate the fire.
Police are asking drivers who were on Highway 1 between 192 Street and 200 Street between 3:45 and 5 a.m. and have dash cam footage to contact Langley RCMP.
Crash partly shuts down Hwy. 1 traffic near Langley
A multi-vehicle crash Thursday morning collision has partly shut down eastbound lanes of Highway 1 near Langley.
B.C. highway patrol said the crash occurred at 6:20 a.m. on the highway near 200th Street. Four vehicles were involved and two people have been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Drivers are advised to expect major delays in the area until investigators finish gathering evidence and the road has been cleared.
According to DriveBC, the eastbound HOV lane is closed and the left lane is blocked near the 192 Street exit in Surrey. Another update is expected at 11 a.m.