A driver is dead after an early morning crash on the winding mountain road that leads to Mount Seymour Resort Saturday. Images from the scene show a break in the concrete barriers along the side of Mount Seymour Road where the vehicle left the roadway. The vehicle itself cannot be seen from the road, as it has crashed down an embankment and into dense vegetation. North Vancouver RCMP said in a post on social media that the “single-vehicle fatal collision” occurred around 6 a.m. The crash happened in the 1600 block of the road, at a hairpin turn just downhill from the broadcast tower. Cpl. Dave Noon, of the RCMP’s Lower Mainland Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service, said in his own post that the service had been deployed to the scene. One lane of the road remained open in each direction, Noon said, adding that “there is no anticipated time for fully reopening the roadway.” District of North Vancouver firefighters could also be seen at the scene. B.C. Emergency Health Services told CTV News it received a call about the crash shortly before 6:10 a.m. and dispatched two ambulances, one with primary care paramedics and the other with advanced care paramedics. No patients were transported to hospital, BCEHS said. Mounties asked anyone who witnessed the incident or has dash cam video to call the North Vancouver detachment at 604-985-1311. “Our sincere condolences go out to the family and friends of the deceased,” police said in their post.
