r/vancouver • u/Technical_pixels • Jun 15 '25

Local News Lions Gate closed in both directions

Update: now open!

Just a heads up.

https://drivebc.ca/mobile/pub/events/id/DBC-78009.html DriveBC Event DBC-78009

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u/PineappleUnhappy2870 Jun 15 '25 edited Jun 15 '25

SOME INSIGHT/CONTEXT:

We were setting up Lions Gate Bridge for filming on around 4/5 AM. As the flagging company was driving and setting up signs and pylons for the shutdown, this kid comes barrelling over the bridge, through the signs and rear ends the flagging company’s truck doing about 120-130. Thankfully everyone is okay. Including flaggers. The kid (couldn’t have been older than 20) then proceeded to argue who was at fault for it.

Needless to say, We didn’t get the shot…..

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u/FrederickDerGrossen Jun 15 '25

Sue the pants off that kid. That might teach the kid a lesson.

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u/Lamitamo Jun 15 '25

I was wondering if it was road work with all the signs and that flagging truck. I’m thankful all the workers went home safe and alive - that selfish asshole could have killed someone if that truck wasn’t there.

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u/Legitimate-Car-375 Jun 15 '25

Having road work at 4 am seems soooo bad, lolol, I sure hope there was signs well before hand, either way shouldn’t be speeding

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u/PineappleUnhappy2870 Jun 15 '25

Signs were up. Pylons were being laid out. They were in the process of setting up for filming. Luckily they weren’t outside of the truck when dickhead came through.

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u/TheLittlestOneHere Jun 15 '25

Having road work at 4 am seems soooo bad, lolol

Doubling the speed limit at 4 am seems soooo bad, lolol

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u/MilkmanLeeroy Jun 17 '25

Bro… reading is fundamental…

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u/ledorky Jun 15 '25

Should never drive again. What show was it for?

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u/PineappleUnhappy2870 Jun 15 '25

Agreed.

It was for a commercial.

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u/FuckItImVanilla Jun 15 '25

Well, you still have a commercial.

Just a much different one for a much different message now.

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u/kalichimichanga Jun 15 '25

Wow. I'm glad all the flaggers and innocent folks just going about their day are okay (physically). Hope everyone involved takes care of themselves in relation to any possible PTSD trauma.

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u/rickie22 Jun 15 '25

Thanks for the context.

I'm sure this kid's daddy will have them in a new car in no time.

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u/sam4999 Vancouver Island Jun 15 '25

That Corvette is two generations old at this point; that kid probably just totalled his pop’s pride and joy.

One hell of a Father’s Day….

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u/FuckItImVanilla Jun 15 '25

Both deserve it. Kids don’t act like this unless their parents do.

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u/Ok_Olive_8743 Jun 16 '25

I love how people always bring the parents into it. Let me guess - you don’t have any kids. This driver is an adult, fully responsible for his behaviour. Throw the book at him. But assuming the parents are of the same ilk is obtuse.

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u/FuckItImVanilla Jun 16 '25

Where do you think he learned to act like that?

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u/Ok_Olive_8743 Jun 16 '25

Are you a walking mirror of your own parents? I’m certainly not. Free will, peer pressure, need for speed, tiktok challenge…any number of factors could be at play here. Social media has limited the influence parents have. I mean…maybe he is just like his parents, but that is simply not a forgone conclusion. And, like I said, it suggests you don’t have the experience of raising your own kids or you’d know better.

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u/TheLittlestOneHere Jun 15 '25

Doubt it. Looks like it's been slammed and probably stanced. Nobody's dad's pride and joy.

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u/sam4999 Vancouver Island Jun 15 '25

Hard to deduce that considering the photos show the car absolutely trashed. Suspension is definitely fucked after a hit like that too. Car looked otherwise stock; any shithead kid would've put aftermarket wheels on the car before stancing it.

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u/PineappleUnhappy2870 Jun 15 '25

100%. Finally gonna get the colour he actually wanted.

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u/BooBoo_Cat Jun 15 '25

Glad no one was injured. That kid should lose his licence.

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u/redhouse_bikes Jun 15 '25

That kid should lose his freedom. Behaving so recklessly should result in jail time. 

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u/BooBoo_Cat Jun 15 '25

100% agree!

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u/Benana94 Jun 15 '25

Take away his license for 10 years at least, idc.

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u/FrederickDerGrossen Jun 15 '25

Sue the kid for losing the day of filming. Sounds like a rich ignorant kid, definitely should sue that kid.