SURREY - A 32-year-old Surrey man was transported to Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) Friday evening after losing control of his vehicle while making a turn and hitting a lamp post.
The driver was headed northbound on Scott Road in a 1998 Toyota Corolla when he tried to turn on 102nd Avenue. Emergency crews had to use the jaws of life to extricate him from the vehicle as the driver side door had hit the lamp post.The man was heavily sedated by paramedics and transported to hospital for emergency surgery on a fractured left femur.Then, on Sunday, a 22-year-old Langley man ran a red light at 184th Avenue and Fraser Highway, T-boning a 24-year-old Abbotsford man driving a street sweeper. Both were sent off the road, colliding with a traffic signal.The Abbotsford man required extrication from the sweeper by the jaws of life when firefighters arrived on the scene.Both were transported to RCH with minor injuries and later released.The Langley man said he did not notice the red light and drove through the intersection by mistake. Police issued him a violation ticket for driving without due care and concern at the scene.Police say alcohol was not a factor in either accident.amacnair@thenownewspaper.com