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Two people remain in hospital after their SUV collided with another vehicle on Barnet Highway early Thursday morning.
Burnaby RCMP were called to the 8200 block of Barnet Highway near Barnet Marine Park at 6:39 a.m. on Nov. 13 for a multi-vehicle collision involving two SUVs, Staff Sgt. Maj. John Buis told the NOW.
"It was a two-vehicle crash, and an eastbound car struck a westbound car," Buis said.
Firefighters had to remove the driver and passenger of the eastbound vehicle who were trapped inside the SUV during the crash, Buis added.
Both victims were taken to Royal Columbian Hospital, where they remain in stable condition.
“They need more surgery,” Buis told the NOWon Monday. “They’re not out of danger yet but they’re still alive, that’s the main thing.”
The driver of the westbound SUV was uninjured in the crash.
Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the eastbound vehicle to collide with the westbound vehicle.
"It looks like it crossed the median, but there's a raised centre median there, so it mounted that and went across," Buis said.
About an hour earlier, there was a single-car crash nearby, also on Barnet Highway, and investigators have determined that it was likely caused by poor road conditions such as black ice.
Mounties are now trying to determine if road conditions also caused the two-car collision, Buis said.
