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Two people were hurt when a flatbed truck towing an excavator damaged the 192nd Street overpass above Highway 1, backing up traffic through 91原创 and Surrey on Tuesday, July 12.

It happened around 8 a.m.

BC Emergency Health Services reported receiving a call at 8:08am about a motor vehicle incident on Highway 1 and 192street.

鈥淭wo paramedic ground units responded and transported two patients to hospital,鈥� a BCEHS release said.

It did not say how serious the injuries were.

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鈥� Mike Lantz (@PaladinMikeL)

Drive BC was reporting a 鈥渧ehicle incident鈥� westbound at 192nd St. has multiple lanes blocked.

鈥淎ssessment in progress, expect major delays and consider an alternate route,鈥� the advisory said.

Images posted to social media showed an overpass girder was damaged in the crash.

Photos taken at the scene showed an damaged excavator on its side, next to an SUV with a crumpled-up front end and smashed-in windshield. A pickup truck also appeared to have been damaged.

All but the HOV lane was blocked, and drivers were being told to 鈥渆xpect major delays.鈥�

By early afternoon, an additional lane had reopened.

3 WB lanes remain closed with only the HOV lane OPEN after earlier MVI that damaged the 192nd St Overpass. Expect major delays. Use alternate routes as available. EB off-ramp to 192 St is closed. 192 St also closed in both directions.

鈥� Lower Mainland Dist. (@TranBC_LMD)

Just a few weeks earlier, a similar collision caused an estimated $1 million damage to the 232nd Street overpass in Aldergrove.

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Dave Earle, president and CEO of the 91原创-based B.C. Trucking Association (BCTA) told the 91原创 Advance Times the provincial Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure must be more transparent when it investigates such crashes, and release the results of those investigations, in order to make sure they don鈥檛 happen again.

Instead, Earle said, the ministry cites privacy and legal reasons, rather than disclose their findings.

鈥淭wo people got hurt today,鈥� Earle commented.

鈥淲e鈥檝e got to do better, and to do better, we need to know what happened.鈥�

BCTA members operate about 16,000 vehicles, and employ over 26,000 people.