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Truck flips upside down on Lions Gate Bridge ramp

A northbound truck ended up upside down on a Lions Gate Bridge offramp during rush hour Wednesday afternoon, slowing down traffic for more than an hour.
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West Vancouver Police Department.

A northbound truck ended up upside down on a Lions Gate Bridge offramp during rush hour Wednesday afternoon, slowing down traffic for more than an hour.

The driver, a 24-yearold Whistler woman, appeared to lose control of the 1998 Ford Explorer at the north end of the bridge near the West Vancouver off-ramp at around 5 p.m., blocking traffic "for quite some time," according to West Vancouver Police Department spokesman Const. Jeff Palmer.

"Based on the tire marks, the vehicle came into the turn, skidded. .. and then got into the grass on the inside of the turn and tried to steer back out and ended up rolling," Palmer said.

The upturned vehicle was cleared shortly after 6 p.m. The driver and her two passengers, both in their early 20s, were unharmed. The three were checked at the scene but did not require medical help, said

Palmer. Damage to the truck was estimated at $5,000.

"They're looking at it as pretty much a write-off," Palmer said.

There were no independent witnesses to the incident and police did not issue any violation tickets, said Palmer.

"The driver will have to deal with ICBC," he said.