Overview
- Police responded just before 5:55 a.m. Tuesday after a man was found dead in the eastbound lanes of Highway 1 near the Kensington Avenue exit.
- B.C. Highway Patrol says the victim’s injuries were consistent with being struck by a vehicle and has taken over the probe while not ruling out other possibilities.
- Officers closed eastbound lanes from Exit 33 to Exit 37 and shut the Kensington on-ramp to preserve the scene, forcing traffic onto Canada Way and producing major morning backups visible on DriveBC cameras.
- Investigators have urged anyone who saw anything unusual near the Kensington interchange between about 5:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. to call the highway patrol and requested dashcam video at 604-526-9744.
- Highway 1 is a key commuter route in Metro Vancouver, so the closure disrupted rush-hour travel and investigators will use witness accounts and video to establish whether this was a hit-and-run and to identify next steps in the investigation.