Big rig driver loses load in Maple Ridge, causes traffic disruptions on Lougheed Highway (VIDEO)

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MAPLE RIDGE – Traffic in Maple Ridge was disrupted Wednesday morning after a commercial truck lost its load while accelerating around a corner, causing pipe to spill onto Lougheed Highway.

DriveBC says the incident happened sometime around 8 a.m. Wednesday morning (Nov. 4) when a truck lost its load, resulting in the right and left lane of Lougheed Highway being blocked at Maple Meadows Way.

According to a post from DriveBC at 8:25 a.m., the right lane from Maple Meadows Way onto Lougheed Highway remained open.

Motorists were advised to watch for traffic control crews on scene.

Maple Ridge Fire Rescue attended.

Video of the incident from Allan Reyes shows a commercial truck barreling around a right corner at a fairly decent rate of speed before at least four pipes become dislodged and fall onto the road near Staples in Maple Ridge.

A spokesperson for the Maple Ridge RCMP detachment said police are no injuries were reported, and it doesn’t appear as if there was any infrastructure damage at th is point.

“We are liaising with Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement, but nothing’s been issued at this point,” said Curtis Harling, media and communications coordinator for the Maple Ridge RCMP detachment. “Investigation ongoing.”