Motorcyclist seriously injured after crash leaves bike dangling from traffic light near Surrey-Delta border
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Police say a motorcyclist was taken to hospital with critical accidents after a BC crash near the Surrey-Delta border Saturday afternoon left a motorbike dangling from a traffic light above a busy intersection.
Delta police say officers had been known as simply earlier than 3 pm PT to the 7100-block of Scott Road at 72nd Avenue and one hundred and twentieth Street for a crash between a motorbike and automotive.
Police say the rider suffered critical however non-life-threatening accidents and the motive force of the sedan was not injured.
Photos and movies circulating on-line present the bike suspended above the roadway from an overhead traffic sign pole following the crash.
The uncommon scene drew crowds of onlookers with many pulling out their telephones as emergency crews tried to convey the bike down.
“Never seen anything like this, like watching a movie,” mentioned Surrey resident William Chan, who mentioned he got here throughout the crash whereas heading to Krispy Kreme, the donut store close by.
Chan mentioned after recognizing a broken automotive in the midst of the intersection, he started in search of the opposite automobile concerned within the crash.
“I was looking down and then I looked up and the [motorbike] was above — kind of crazy,” he mentioned.
Chan mentioned he was shocked by how the bike appeared to turn into tangled across the traffic sign and mentioned he deliberate to stay round to look at crews take away it.
“Just to see how people are getting it down.… Going to be quite interesting,” he mentioned.
Another observer, Jevon Ryan, mentioned he cannot start to know how the bike ended up above the intersection.
“You’d think it would launch to the sidewalks, to the businesses but to perfectly get up there and wrap itself around.… It’s wow,” he added.
The crash closed Scott Road between seventieth Avenue and 72nd Avenue, in accordance with the police, as crews labored to take away the automotive and bike and clear particles from the roadway.
Delta Firefighters IAFF Local 1763 mentioned in a publish to Facebook that a few of its members had additionally responded to the scene and assisted with affected person care, scene security and later eliminated the bike from the traffic light.
