One person was hospitalized after a crash involving a train near Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge Tuesday morning.
Callers to 1130 NewsRadio first reported the crash, described by DriveBC as a “railway incident,” around 10 a.m.
BC Emergency Health Services says paramedics provided emergency medical treatment to one patient who was transported by air ambulance to hospital in critical condition.
Lougheed Highway between 272 Street and 287 Street was closed for close to two hours.
Drive BC announced it had been cleared in both directions around 12:10 p.m.
1130 News Radio has reached out to the BC Highway Patrol and Ridge Meadows RCMP for more information.
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