Police are investigating a deadly crash that closed the Sea-to-Sky Highway in both directions for several hours on Sunday.
BC RCMP said that at approximately 5:30 p.m., an officer with the British Columbia Highway Patrol (BCHP) was conducting speed enforcement on Highway 99 near the Deeks Creek Bridge, south of Porteau Cove, when they observed two motorcyclists reportedly speeding and driving erratically.
They attempted to stop the motorcycles, but they did not stop, RCMP said.
The officer decided to follow them and moments later found one of the motorcyclists who was involved in a collision with a recreational vehicle.
The motorcyclist, a woman, was declared dead at the scene.
BC Emergency Health Services says two ambulances and an air ambulance were dispatched, but no one was taken to the hospital.
The BC RCMP said on Monday that it has notified the Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia (IIO BC) of the incident as a police officer was involved.
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B.C. Highway Patrol is continuing to investigate the incident and is seeking witnesses and dashcam video. Anyone who may have seen the motorcyclists, or may have dash cam video of them, between Britannia Beach and the crash scene is asked to contact 604-526-9744.
The highway reopened around 2 a.m. on Monday.
Drivers stranded for hours during the road closure say there was no communication about how long they’d be stuck, with no access to basic necessities like water, food or facilities.
“People had missed flights; people were nursing their babies on the side of the road; there were children sleeping on the pavement and there was just thousands of people that were gridlocked in both directions that didn’t have answers,” Brittany Michalchuk, CEO of YVR Entrepreneurs, said.
“Didn’t have water for some of them for eight plus hours.”
B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation said on Monday that the government is always looking at ways to improve the province’s highways.
Mike Farnworth said they “want to remind people it is a dangerous stretch of highway and to drive to the conditions and the speed limit on the road.
“I know there will be an investigation into what happened and, as I said, one of the best things is also to check Drive BC because we do know the challenges that are on there.”
In a statement to Global News, Nina Krieger, the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, said that when a fatal collision occurs, the highway must be treated as a potential crime scene until investigators have completed their work.
“We recognize that lengthy highway closures create significant disruption to drivers and their families. However, when there has been a loss of life, investigators must approach the scene with the same care and rigor applied to any serious incident,” she added.
Krieger said that time is required to document the scene and while reopening highways as quickly as possible is a priority, it can only happen after investigators have completed their work
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THIS IS WHAT COCKY ARROGANT MOTORCYCLISTS CAN DO. I ALSO RIDE, BUT NOT LIKE THIS. NO RESPECT FOR ANYTHING. NOT EVEN THEMSELVES. NO MERCY OR SYMPATHY HERE !!! BYE BYE
Incompetence. It’s the Canadian way.
Incompetence from the rider that crashed,incompetence from the goverment and people that engineered the Highway ,incompetence from the RCMP for not dealing with the traffic and Incompetence from the people traveling unprepared in case there is a problem.
Lorree
July 7, 2026 at 10:32 am
@ HATE IGNORANT PEOPLE, that is exactly the point, THEY COULDN’T, they were literally trapped. It has nothing to do with entitlement bud. Yes, someone lost their life, but do you expect riding like a moron.
First off, I ain’t your ‘bud’. Nor am I ‘darling’, ‘dear’, ‘honey’ or your frigging ‘sweetheart’. The only thing they are trapped by is their ego. The elitist shows in your last statement. Calling someone a moron, alive or dead. Another ignorant elite.
@ HATE IGNORANT PEOPLE, that is exactly the point, THEY COULDN’T, they were literally trapped. It has nothing to do with entitlement bud. Yes, someone lost their life, but do you expect riding like a moron.
Anonymous
July 7, 2026 at 8:27 am
Keeping traffic moving should be TOP priority, do the investigating on the side of the road
Spoken like a true elite pig.
Oh gee, such an inconvenience to the elites that a person died. I dont care what she was doing. A PERSON DIED! My god, people are self entitled morons these days. TURN AROUND AND GO BACK HOME IF THE FRIGGING RD IS CLOSED FOR AWHILE! GEEZE LOUISE!
It is mind blowing that they cannot have traffic moving sooner. Leave spaces between medians so traffic can be diverted. If that were me, even though there was loss of life, I’d be pissed as this guy was partaking in an illegal riding style and evading cops. The rest of us law abiding citizens are left sitting there with our knickers down.
Keeping traffic moving should be TOP priority, do the investigating on the side of the road
This is what happens when rogue motorcyclists think they own the road and can evade police. The selfish actions of one rider put herself at risk and paid the ultimate price by outriding her bikes capabilities to try and keep up with another rider. This isn’t about the government making changes to roads, it’s about holding idiots to a higher account with bigger fines, impounds and loss of driving licenses. Period.
Darwin wins again 🏆
If you’re going to ride like an idiot, expect that you’ll soon be dead. I have no sympathy for them at all
That really bad the rcmp did not tel those pepole how long it going to be closed and did not care about them one bit they should sue the rcmp the minster of highways and the minster in charge of police no one cared about them at all I would sue the rcmp the bc commander for what they did they if was there they did not care if your sick or other things the law has to change for highways closures and bit lot more helpful also sue those rump officers to wich did not care they should take the blame for what they did they don’t care about you one bit from what I saw in the story sue them I would
Crashes and closures and back ups are becoming more common place now. Easy to pack some water in your trunk. Someone died and people were inconvenienced and had to breast feed their babies? The horror.
Another rider hotdogging it.