Âé¶čAV Mayor Tom Dyas says heâs grateful an incident on William R. Bennett Bridge on Monday (Jan. 27) ended with no one being injured.
The bridge was shut down for more than 10 hours due to a police situation involving the Lower Mainland Explosive Disposal Unit (EDU).
âI know that, from all our first responders, safety was their greatest concern,â Dyas said during councilâs regular meeting. âThat is why they needed to take the steps they did.â
Âé¶čAV RCMP said they responded to an individual in crisis who had parked a vehicle across the eastbound lanes of the bridge around 3:45 a.m. This individual is believed to have ignited a small fire in the vehicle before they were taken into custody.
âOn behalf of all of us (council) for the inconvenience that was causedâŠwe feel for that,â the mayor added. â But we know that it was something that was completed successfully and nobody was hurt. Weâre extremely grateful for that.â
RCMP and the EDU also searched a home in Rutland that police said was related to the incident on Bennett Bridge.
