Crash sends 2 to hospital in serious condition in Burnaby, B.C.

A serious crash closed Barnet Highway in Burnaby Tuesday morning.

Two people were taken to hospital in serious condition after a head-on collision closed a major Metro Vancouver thoroughfare Tuesday.

The Barnet Highway was closed to traffic in both directions before 7 a.m. due to what the Port Moody Police Department described in a social media post as a “serious collision” on the Burnaby side of the east-west highway.

The closure extended west from Clarke Street in Port Moody to around Cariboo Road in Burnaby.

4 ambulances dispatched

B.C. Emergency Health Services says four ambulances, one paramedic supervisor and one paramedic specialist response unit were dispatched to the 9900 block of the Barnet Highway at 6:49 a.m.

“Paramedics provided emergency medical care and transported two patients to hospital in serious condition,” paramedic spokesperson Brian Twaites said in a statement to CTV News.

Highway remains closed

One westbound lane had temporarily reopened to alternating traffic at around 9 a.m., but the highway was again closed to all traffic in both directions in the afternoon.

The second closure came as the RCMP’s Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS) arrived to examine the scene.

Travellers were urged to avoid the area and use alternate routes around Port Moody and Burnaby where possible.

The Burnaby RCMP said the highway reopened just after 4 p.m.