Nightmare traffic jam and a dead rider

[MacDoc]

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sea-to-sky-fatal-crash-overnight-closure-9.7259982

Post can be moved but thought it might be general interest. Many of us have ridden Sea to Sky and being trapped for hours certainly a horror show.

 

[Gaoler]

Many of us have ridden Sea to Sky and being trapped for hours certainly a horror show.

Horror show meter needs calibration.
That's not a horror show.
PITA inconvenience, sure.

 

[MacDoc]

12 hours stuck with kids and no exit likely qualifies for the parents and this driver

“Some people might think I’m exaggerating, but I’m not—it truly felt like an apocalypse,” she said. “People were hungry, they were thirsty, we were confused.”

Fatal crash on notorious B.C. highway traps travellers for hours, prompting calls for change​

The busy Sea to Sky highway was closed for hours after two crashes on Sunday—stranding travellers and prompting calls for change.
Thousands of travellers were stranded overnight on one of British Columbia’s most notorious highways Sunday, prompting demands for safety improvements and an evacuation strategy.

Some travelers set up picnic blankets and camping chairs while others lay down on the Sea-to-Sky Highway as they waited up to 12 hours to get off the route following a deadly crash.

Entrepreneur and social media influencer Brittany Michalchuk documented the chaos and posted updates on her social media account, describing the scene as sprawling and unnerving, with cars lined up as far as the eye could see.

“Some people might think I’m exaggerating, but I’m not—it truly felt like an apocalypse,” she said. “People were hungry, they were thirsty, we were confused.”

Fatal crash on notorious B.C. highway traps travellers for hours, prompting calls for change

Thousands of travellers were stranded overnight on one of British Columbia’s most notorious highways Sunday, prompting demands for safety improvements and an evacuation strategy.

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Trying to find more detail as might have involved a police chase of the riders.

 

[Priller]

Horror show meter needs calibration.
That's not a horror show.
PITA inconvenience, sure.

I'd say being stuck for 12 hours sits somewhere between horror show and inconvenience, especially if there's no updates and you don't know what's going on.

Considering some of the idiocy I've seen on that highway over the years, I'm not surprised motorcycles were involved. Since the Olympics rework you have to be going damn fast to get a lean on, so the stakes become very high. Sounds like the RCMP got caught with their pants down, though, too busy racking up the OT in Vancouver for the World Cup.

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