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'How many more crosses?': Another crash at Hwy 97 and Old Vernon Road

Crash at deadly intersection

UPDATE 4:05 p.m.

A backlog of traffic is now clearing on Highway 97 northbound after a crash at Old Vernon Road.

An occupant of one of the vehicles involved in the crash tells Castanet they were turning left onto Highway 97 off Old Vernon Road when the crash occurred. Both vehicles were totalled, but everyone thankfully walked away from the crash.

Motorists should expect delays in the area.


ORIGINAL 3:20 p.m.

Emergency crews are dealing with a serious crash on Highway 97 at Old Vernon Road, the same site where a motorcyclist lost his life last week.

The crash involving two vehicles is blocking the northbound lanes, although traffic may be detouring around on Airport Way.

Jim Hansom is the father of Tavin Hansom, 18, who was killed in a crash at the exact same spot on Thursday afternoon. He drove by the crash Tuesday and called the Castanet newsroom.

“How many more crosses are we going to put there before we fix this?” he asked.

"It's the exact same spot, the median that my boy laid on for hours with a sheet over—there's a car with the front end demolished on it now."

He wants to see safety improvements made to the dangerous corner.

It is not known if anyone was seriously injured in Tuesday’s crash, but it appears two vehicles were totalled and sustained massive front-end damage.

Castanet has a reporter en route to the scene.



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