Police are laying the blame for a Highway 1 crash that tied up rushhour traffic and sent a motorcyclist to hospital on the driver of a black Bimmer who fled the scene.
The crash happened in the westbound lane of the Upper Levels just before the Lynn Valley exit around 8 a.m. Tuesday morning.
"Everything resulted from poor driving on behalf of another driver operating a black BMW. That erratic driving made the motorcyclist and other motorists take evasive action. In doing so, there was a chain reaction in which the motorcycle lost control," said Cpl. Garth Domm, Port Mann Highway Patrol spokesman.
The Coquitlam man was taken to Lions Gate Hospital and treated for minor injuries.
The driver fled the scene before anyone could take down a licence plate number and unfortunately, the Lower Mainland is rife with black BMWs, Domm noted.
"We have witnesses that verify everything that happened. Just nobody got the plate. If someone wants to come forward with a plate, we would love to talk to them," he said.
Another motorcyclist was critically injured on that stretch of highway in similar circumstances in August when a motorist ran onto the highway to fetch a ladder that had fallen off his truck.
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the BMW as a Beamer as opposed to the correct term, Bimmer.
