Vancouver Rundown Wednesday August 7, 2024

Breaking news: Vancouver Rundown has learned at least two people including a child are dead, several others are badly hurt, after a multi-vehicle crash on Highway One in Chilliwack. It happened at around 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, just east of the Vedder River Bridge prompting an immediate response by more than half-a-dozen ambulance crews and the Chilliwack Fire Department. Highway One was closed eastbound at Yale Road for much of the afternoon. Traffic heading west was all-but-stopped with heavy congestion.