A trucking company based out of Maple Ridge has had its entire fleet of commercial trucks suspended, after one of the firm’s trucks was involved in an overpass strike in Langley on Tuesday, July 16.
The collision happened early Tuesday morning on the Trans-Canada Highway, at a CP Rail overpass.
The B.C. Ministry of Transportation ordered the company, S.G.D. Transport Ltd., to pull its seven vehicles off the roads during the three-day investigation, which found the driver had not lowered vehicle equipment for transport.
This is the only overpass strike for S.G.D. Transport Ltd. recorded in the ministry’s crash report history, which dates back to 2021.
The CP Rail overpass was last hit on May 21, when a driver of a M&H Transport Ltd. had failed to measure the load.
Before that, the same overpass was struck on March 22 for a similar reason by a driver of a Best Bin Rentals & Disposal Ltd. vehicle.
So far this year, there have been 19 overpass strikes in the province, five of which were reported in Langley.
