A motorcycle hanging from traffic light drew attention in Delta, British Columbia, after a car and motorcycle crashed around 3 p.m. Saturday. The rider was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said speed is believed to have been a contributing factor in the crash. The car driver was not injured.
Delta Traffic Light Scene
Video from the scene showed the motorcycle hanging off a traffic light pole by its front wheel after the collision. Delta is a city in Metro Vancouver, and the crash unfolded in a place where traffic moves through a busy road network at the south edge of the region.
For people driving through the area, the immediate concern after a wreck like this is the same one police had to deal with on Saturday: where the vehicles ended up and whether anyone was hurt. Here, the motorcycle remained visible on the pole after impact, turning the scene itself into the clearest sign of how violent the collision was.
Hospital Trip For The Rider
The motorcyclist’s injuries were serious, but police said they were not life-threatening. That left the rider needing hospital treatment while the driver of the car walked away without injury.
The contrast between the two outcomes is the sharpest detail in the crash. One person was taken to hospital; the other was not hurt. Police tied the collision to speed, making the driver behavior part of the account they gave as investigators looked at what happened around 3 p.m. Saturday.
