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VIDEO: Crash between bus and motorcycle proves deadly in Langley

Emergency crews have 200th Street north of the freeway blocked after a fatal collision Wednesday

A 50-year-old Langley man died Wednesday when a motorcycle slammed into a bus at the intersection of 200th Street and 91A Avenue.

Mounties and Langley Township firefighters were called to the scene at 91A Avenue and 200th Street in Walnut Grove just before 6:30 p.m. The fatal crash occurred in the three-way intersection, confirmed Sgt. Joe Leeson, a Langley RCMP watch commander.

The bus was travelling southbound on 200th Street, while the motorcyclist was travelling north.

The bus was turning left onto 91A Avenue when the motorcycle slammed into it. The bus had apparent impact damage to the rear passenger side.

Leeson confirmed the lone occupant on the bike was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police later said that passing drivers and bus passengers tried to provide first aid to the rider, but he could not be saved.

No one else was injured in the crash, but Leeson said the bus “driver and witnesses were shook up by the incident,” and victim servicess were being offered to those who needed it.

Police spent several hours on scene interviewing people, and the site was taped off for several hours. Langley’s Criminal Crash Investigation Team have taken lead on the case, but Leeson confirmed that does not mean there was any criminality involved in the crash. This team takes lead on all serious collisions, he clarified.

The Integrated Collision Analysis Reconstruction Service (ICARS) was also working on the investigation.

Witnesses said the motorcycle appeared to be driving erratically prior to the crash, said Cpl. Holly Largy, spokesperson for the Langley RCMP.

Traffic through the area is usually very busy during the day, including lots of semi-trucks that could have created significant traffic snarls because of the accident. But Leeson said traffic had started to subside, making it easier to detour vehicles and safer for crews working on scenen.

“We just missed the huge rush,” he elaborated.

With 200th closed from about 88th Avenue north to 92nd Avenue, some northbound traffic was rerouted through the Colossus parking lot and Thunderbird Village, but most was diverted around the area completely.

Anyone who witnessed the fatal crash and either has dash camera footage or information that might assist with this investigation, and has not yet spoken to police, was asked to call Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200.

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Emergency responders have 200th Street blocked off at 91A Avenue (at the north end of the Cineplex Theatres parking lot) following what is being reported as a fatal crash Wednesday evening. Indications a bus and motorcycle were involved. (Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance Times)
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Emergency responders have 200th Street blocked off at 91A Avenue (at the north end of the Cineplex Theatres parking lot) following what is being reported as a fatal crash Wednesday evening. Indications a bus and motorcycle were involved. (Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance Times)
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RCMP were interviewing people at the scene of a fatal crash June 8, 2022. (Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance Times)
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Police, Langley Township fire crews and BC Transit personnel were on scene at a crash Wednesday, June 8, 2022, in Walnut Grove. (Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance Times)
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Police, Langley Township fire crews and BC Transit personnel were on scene at a crash Wednesday, June 8, 2022, in Walnut Grove. (Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance Times)
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A section of 200th Street was cordoned off and traffic rerouted on the evening of Wednesday, June 8, 2022, after a fatal crash at the intersection of 91A Avenue. (Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance Times)
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