THE Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing had to be shut down for an hour Saturday as a fiery crash choked off traffic.
"It was a single-vehicle accident. The guy lost control of his vehicle and went off the road (at the south end near the McGill off-ramp,)" said Staff Sgt. Dave Savoy, spokesman for the Port Mann Freeway Patrol.
The bridge had to be closed from about 11: 45 a.m. to 12: 45 p.m. as emergency crews evacuated the injured driver and put out the flames erupting from the vehicle and a hazardous material crew dealt with a fuel spill in the nearby ditch.
The incident led TransLink to cut off service on its routes that cross the bridge, sending them instead to the SeaBus terminals to get passengers across Burrard Inlet.
B.C. Ambulance Service paramedics took the driver to Vancouver General Hospital with several cracked ribs.
