Falling ice on Port Mann Bridge injures two, damages dozens of vehicles
METRO VANCOUVER - Two people were injured and as many as 40 vehicles damaged by falling ice from the Port Mann Bridge as a heavy snowfall continues to cause mayhem in Metro Vancouver.
The RCMP closed the bridge in both directions about 1:30 p.m. as engineers assessed the ice problem.
One person was knocked unconcious by falling ice, reports say.
RCMP Sgt. Roland Pierschke, a spokesman for the Port Mann Freeway Patrol, said sometime before 1 p.m. large chunks of ice began falling off either the towers or cables on the bridge.
Falling ice on Port Mann Bridge injures two, damages dozens of vehicles
METRO VANCOUVER - Two people were injured and as many as 40 vehicles damaged by falling ice from the Port Mann Bridge as a heavy snowfall continues to cause mayhem in Metro Vancouver.
The RCMP closed the bridge in both directions about 1:30 p.m. as engineers assessed the ice problem.
One person was knocked unconcious by falling ice, reports say.
RCMP Sgt. Roland Pierschke, a spokesman for the Port Mann Freeway Patrol, said sometime before 1 p.m. large chunks of ice began falling off either the towers or cables on the bridge.