13 injured in Highway 99 crash involving truck and bus in Surrey

A collision involving a semi-truck, a bus and other vehicles closed Highway 99 near the Highway 91 interchange for hours on Friday, October 16, Surrey police said. The later police account reported 13 people received emergency medical care, including two hospitalized with serious but stable injuries and 11 with less serious injuries. The crash occurred just east of the interchange in Surrey, British Columbia. Both northbound and southbound lanes were initially shut. DriveBC reported shortly after 9 p.m. that southbound lanes had reopened, while northbound lanes remained closed. Police said the collision involved a semi-truck and trailer, a double-decker bus and several other vehicles. In a later account, police said the truck crossed the median and struck an SUV and a double-decker TransLink bus carrying close to 60 passengers. The account said one of the two people hospitalized with serious injuries had been transported by air ambulance and had since been discharged. The 11 others taken to hospital had less serious injuries, police said. The later injury figures differed from an earlier police update. At 7:32 p.m. Friday, Surrey Police Service reported that one person had...