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Crash involving dump truck now clear on Hwy 99

The truck flipped and lost its load at about 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
Jennifer Thuncher
Jennifer Thuncher

—Update at 8:41 p.m.—

At 7:41 p.m., the incident was declared clear by DriveBC.

—Update at 5 p.m.—

DriveBC reports that traffic is reduced to a single lane in each directions. "Watch for traffic control and expect delays."

—Original story—

If you are just leaving to go to the city, or come back to Squamish, maybe hold off. 

DriveBC is reporting a vehicle incident north of Lions Bay that is affecting traffic in both directions Tuesday afternoon.

It is estimated to have happened at about 3:45 p.m. 

Crews are en route, according to DriveBC.

Reports on the Sea to Sky Road Conditions Facebook page are that a dump truck has lost its load across the northbound lanes and pushed some of the barriers into the southbound lanes.

Andrew Bacon, who is driving southbound confirmed this and said "there's going to be some delays for sure because at some point they're going to have to stop traffic to fix that centre."

Bacon said he just missed the accident. 

"I was in the left hand lane and then I came to a screeching stop and I looked on the left and saw a dump truck that had its trailer tipped over and then I noticed that it had hit the centre barrier and knocked everything into the middle," Bacon told The Squamish Chief. 

"There's a lot of dirt on the road on both sides. I think that the southbound has one lane open and the northbound may have something open but it looked like it was completely blocked." 

He said it was a big dump truck. 

He said lots of folks may be on the way to the Billie Eilish concert, which is on in Vancouver tonight. 

The Squamish Chief has reached out to the RCMP and will update this story if and when we hear back.