Drivers, Mounties, team up to help truck driver south of Vancouver

Jul 12, 2016 | 10:30 AM

VANCOUVER — Mounties responsible for patrolling highways south of Vancouver credit some proactive drivers and two alert RCMP officers for averting a potentially nasty crash.

Sgt. Lorne Lecker with Deas Island Traffic Services says several 911 callers reported seeing a tractor-trailer unit swerving erratically on Highway 91 through north Delta early Monday.

Lecker says callers thought an impaired driver may be involved before officers located the big rig.

He says it was creeping along at barely 20 km/hr in a 100 km/hr zone, and officers quickly realized the 53-year-old driver from Chilliwack was having a medical crisis.