1 airlifted to hospital after Pitt Meadows crash

First responders on the scene of a crash in Pitt Meadows on Nov. 21, 2024.

An air ambulance transported one person to hospital Thursday morning after a crash in Pitt Meadows.

Police have closed Dewdney Trunk Road between Harris Road and 203 Street and are asking the public to avoid the area.

CTV News saw one patient being loaded into a helicopter at the scene.

In a statement Thursday afternoon, Ridge Meadows RCMP said front-line officers were called to the area around 7:25 a.m. for a "serious motor vehicle incident."

When they arrived, firefighters and paramedics were already on scene and working to extract a trapped driver from a sedan, one of three vehicles involved in the crash, according to police.

The other two vehicles involved were a dump truck and an SUV, police said, adding that only the sedan driver was injured in the incident.

Police said paramedics performed "life-saving measures" on the injured driver once they had been extracted from the vehicle.

The Lower Mainland's Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Team and provincial Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement officers were called to assist with the investigation, Mounties said, adding that the affected stretch of Old Dewdney Trunk Road would remain closed "for several hours" as the investigation continued Thursday.

"This is currently an active and ongoing investigation and no further information is available at this time," police said in their statement.

"Police are still seeking witnesses, dash camera footage and/or surveillance video from the area. If you have information, please contact the Ridge Meadows RCMP directly at 604-463-6251."