A tow truck driver is dead and another person has been hospitalized with serious injuries after a major crash on Highway 1 in Langley Friday night.
Langley RCMP Sgt. Joe Leeson said the call came in around 9:40 p.m. for a crash involving a tow truck that was pulling another vehicle in the eastbound lanes near 264 Street.
The tow truck had collided with the trailer of a semi truck, and the driver was pronounced dead at the scene, Leeson said, adding that a passenger in the tow truck was airlifted to hospital.
Highway 1 was closed eastbound for nearly 12 hours, but reopened shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday, according to DriveBC.
The cause of the collision is still under investigation, Leeson said.