SaturdayB次元官网网址檚 crash that killed Langford motorcyclist Colin Francis Grant near the Island HighwayB次元官网网址檚 southern intersection Shawnigan Lake Road intersection had MalahatB次元官网网址檚 fire chief demanding concrete centre medians to stop cross-over collisions.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 an absolute advocate of concrete centre barriers there,B次元官网网址� Rob Patterson said of the 3:45 p.m. wreck on a dry highway that stopped traffic in both directions for some six hours.

Grant, 54, was killed instantly when his southbound Harley Davidson collided with a northbound PT Cruiser that crossed the centre line, Patterson said.

Police investigation continued about why the vehicle crossed the unguarded centre line.

B次元官网网址淗ow many more people have to die before it (installation) happens?B次元官网网址� Patterson asked.

B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檝e had two or three other fatals there in the past 10 years.

B次元官网网址淭he PT Cruiser crossed the line, hit the (southbound ditchB次元官网网址檚) no post and blew two sections out, then hit the bike.

B次元官网网址淚t was instantaneous and extremely violent,B次元官网网址� Patterson said, noting neither vehicle left the highway.

B次元官网网址淲ith a centre median, he never would have crossed over.B次元官网网址�

Names of the couple in the PT Cruiser had not been released.

The couple, believed headed to a family gathering, was taken by ambulance to Victoria hospital, the fire chief said.

B次元官网网址淭he male driver took a substantial smack to the head, and was dazed and confused.

B次元官网网址淭he female was unhurt but badly shaken up.B次元官网网址�

So were witnesses, and his five firefighters attending the tragic scene 300 metres shy of the West Shawnigan cut-off.

B次元官网网址淢any people in vehicles close by were shaken up, having seen what they did.

B次元官网网址淚t gets to everyone sooner or later,B次元官网网址� Patterson said of firefighters facing a traffic-death scene.

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Police stopped some of his crew, stalled in traffic, from doing that job; other members in a fire truck used the empty northbound lane to reach the scene.

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RCMP were unaware of that issue when contacted Tuesday.

Meanwhile, some motorists were rerouted to the Mill Bay ferry dock to reach Brentwood.

Mill BayB次元官网网址檚 Tony Hoar said about 300 cars tried to get on the ferry that holds about two-dozen vehicles.

B次元官网网址淭he (Malahat band) seemed to have taken over traffic duty, and tried to stop people from jumping the queue,B次元官网网址� he told the B次元官网网址 Leader Pictorial. B次元官网网址淲hat a mess.B次元官网网址�