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Traffic lights repaired after 2-vehicle collision in Surrey

Sunday crash caused traffic control lights to be inoperable for several hours
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A 2-vehicle collision rendered some Surrey traffic lights useless for several hours Sunday night/Monday morning (June 23/24).

A Sunday car crash in Surrey rendered traffic lights inoperable for several hours.

Surrey RCMP responded to the two-vehicle collision on Sunday (June 23) around 5:19 p.m., near the exit ramp of 176 Street and 80 Avenue.  As a consequence of the crash, the traffic control unit was damaged and caused the traffic lights to be inoperable, an RCMP release notes.

There were no significant injuries to the people involved in the collision, but the intersection traffic light repair time was estimated at five hours.

Police reported the traffic lights were functioning again around 3 a.m. Monday (June 24). 



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