Vancouver police block traffic due to ‘unstable crane’ [Video]

Vancouver police blocked traffic and the SkyTrain’s Millennium Line suspended service to VCC-Clark Station due to an “unstable crane” in the area Thursday.

That’s the phrase TransLink used to describe the cause of the service suspension in a post on social media.

The 84 bus route, which normally terminates at VCC-Clark, was extended to Commercial-Broadway Station due to the closure, the transit authority said, adding that the Expo and Canada lines were unaffected.

TransLink first posted about the closure at 11 a.m. By 1:30 p.m., it had announced that the affected SkyTrain line and bus route were resuming normal service. A short time later, however, the transit provider said the service suspension and bus detour had resumed.

In its own post, the Vancouver Police Department said “traffic is closed in both directions between Clark and Glen (drives), and on Keith (Drive) between E. 6th and 7th (avenues), as crews deal …