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Nismo 1234 11-17-2010 09:20 PM

three-vehicle crash at sfu
 
hi guys,
so 3 cars crashed at sfu killing one person....wondering if anyone know what happened or was there.. i was on that road 10 min before the crash..

http://www.canada.com/technology/Thr...660/story.html

flagella 11-17-2010 09:22 PM

The road down Gaglardi to Como Lake seemed to be completely blocked. My gf took 143 and the bus went down to Hastings. Took about an hour from SFU to just go down the mountain.

shenmecar 11-17-2010 09:23 PM

It took me almost an hr to get from SFU to hastings. I was there at 5:15-ish

jeepwreck 11-17-2010 09:26 PM

ya it took me about an hour on the bus today to get off the mountain had to go some messed up way down and then back on the normal bus route

illicitstylz 11-17-2010 09:27 PM

Said the driver went into oncoming traffic, must've been a hero going down that long stretch on the oncoming side feeling good after a midterm or something...

coolhwip 11-17-2010 09:51 PM

I was heading down the hill about 1 or 2 minutes after it happened, at around 3:40...At first I thought it was just construction causing cars in front of me to slow down but I quickly realized it was an accident as I saw the first emergency vehicle arrive. It looked brutal and I was really hoping no one got seriously hurt so its sad to hear that someone died. Four fire trucks and three ambulances got to the scene as I was making my way through. Great to see that several cars that did witness the accident pulled to the side to help.

Nismo 1234 11-17-2010 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by coolhwip (Post 7191132)
I was heading down the hill about 1 or 2 minutes after it happened, at around 3:40...At first I thought it was just construction causing cars in front of me to slow down but I quickly realized it was an accident as I saw the first emergency vehicle arrive. It looked brutal and I was really hoping no one got seriously hurt so its sad to hear that someone died. Four fire trucks and three ambulances got to the scene as I was making my way through.

did you see wat kind of car was involved??

coolhwip 11-17-2010 10:03 PM

It was an absolute mess. Couldn't tell as two cars were off to the side by the trees and the one car (sedan, i think) in the middle of the road was completely destroyed. I also focused most of my attention to the paramedics tending the injured.

Nismo 1234 11-17-2010 10:04 PM

oh~ just wondering if it was ppl racing

gloors 11-17-2010 10:11 PM

Was on my way to pickup my gf and saw all the emergency vechicles. Looked brutal from what I saw :( sad that someone died. RIP
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coolhwip 11-17-2010 10:13 PM

My guess, based on how it looked like is that the car the middle was heading up to SFU and veered to oncoming traffic; car on the left lane going downhill took avoiding action, clipped the oncoming car and took out the car on the right lane. There were 5 or 6 other vehicles that pulled to the side so I guess they saw everything.

Milhouse 11-17-2010 10:18 PM

I was leaving the mountain at 5:30, arrived down the mountain at 6:30.
It's just sad to hear that someone died. RIP.
Drive safe please.

d1 11-17-2010 10:36 PM

The scary part is that there are center dividers throughout that area, so for something like this to happen, it must have been a freak accident.

GabAlmighty 11-17-2010 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by d1 (Post 7191210)
The scary part is that there are center dividers throughout that area, so for something like this to happen, it must have been a freak accident.

Huh? Only the corner at the bottom has a divider?

coolhwip 11-17-2010 10:51 PM

No center divider for most of that stretch, only the bend. Accident happened halfway up the climb where there is no divider.

twitchyzero 11-17-2010 10:55 PM

veering into oncoming traffic UP a hill...on a straight or was it at a bend?
RIP

G 11-17-2010 10:57 PM

RIP....

Nismo 1234 11-17-2010 10:58 PM

i guess the vancouver sun made a mistake
they said it was "between Broadway and Eastlake Drive"
i was kinda confused when i read the news since there is divders on gaglardi between broadway and eastlake drive.

coolhwip 11-17-2010 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 7191260)
veering into oncoming traffic UP a hill...on a straight or was it at a bend?
RIP

On the straight.:( People do need to take it easy driving there though, I see lots of cars swerving to pass slow moving buses and trucks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nismo 1234 (Post 7191265)
i guess the vancouver sun made a mistake
they said it was "between Broadway and Eastlake Drive"
i was kinda confused when i read the news since there is divders on gaglardi between broadway and eastlake drive.

Happened between the bend and the intersection of gaglardi and burnaby mtn parkway.

essel 11-17-2010 11:25 PM

My buddy was just telling me about this, he was stuck trying to go home for an hour. RIP.

jlenko 11-17-2010 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nismo 1234 (Post 7191160)
oh~ just wondering if it was ppl racing

What, you mean people exceed the 50 km/h posted speed limit there? Never!!

Hopefully the one who ate it was the one doing the racing, if that was the case... but it's never that way... it's always the innocent ones.

orange7 11-17-2010 11:33 PM

on a side note.

Two young Asian Chicks in a white 4matic C-class almost ran me over at the back alley of the UBC village.

they didn't stop while I was crossing the back alley (behind the UBC pharmacy and the liquor store). Instead they tried to speed up and swerve around me. But they chose to swerve towards the direction that I was walking towards.

In the end, she had to break semi-hard and I quickly gave her a look.

Jgresch 11-17-2010 11:51 PM

heard about this today :( I didnt drive by... rip and wondering what all happened.....

Roach 11-18-2010 12:13 AM

RIP :(

Kev

v.Rossi 11-18-2010 12:36 AM

Read about this on facebook, I fucking hate people who complain about getting to where they want to go but it's taking them 2 hours longer. Someone is fucking about to be put 6 foot under never coming back, show some decency.

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