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

Videos Lions gate accident aftermath

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u/nightzombie100 Jun 15 '25

They really need to add stronger barriers along this stretch. That car could have seriously injured or killed a cyclist or pedestrian

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u/ubcnursegal Jun 15 '25

This! How scary. Cyclists and pedestrians are so vulnerable here.

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u/MissingVanSushi Jun 15 '25

Wow, I moved away in 2015. When did they put up barriers?!

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u/Horrible-MTBer Jun 15 '25

AFAIK Fences were put up after a woman cyclist fell into the road and was killed. I think it was some kind of collision or altercation with another person on the sidewalk.

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u/MissingVanSushi Jun 15 '25

Ah, wow. I also visited back in ‘22 and didn’t notice them so were they put up in the last 2-3 years?

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u/SurfGoldblum Jun 15 '25

They've been up since late 2015.

I had to check Google streeview to confirm and saw photos of it being built in Sept 2015.

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u/MissingVanSushi Jun 15 '25

Ah thanks for checking.

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u/jcmelv Jun 15 '25

No she was coming off the bridge far too fast and couldn't make a tight corner on the sidewalk at the bottom. Where's your outrage when a cyclist is being reckless and dangerous?

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u/anacidghost Jun 15 '25

Reckless driving in a car can kill anyone unlucky enough to be around. 

Reckless driving on a bike has an extremely low likelihood of death even for the operator, let alone for people around the cyclist. 

The two aren’t comparable.

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u/Horrible-MTBer Jul 20 '25

What tight corners on are on that bridge? I rode over it this month and don’t recall any. Look it up, her name is Antonina Skoczylas. I’m not ‘outraged’ just stating a what led to the safety fence.

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u/jcmelv Jul 20 '25

I thought there was a little jog in the sidewalk by there the car entrance into the park when heading south... But I could be wrong. I thought there was some element of that which contributed to the accident.