Vancouver Rundown for Wednesday, August 7, 2024. Breaking news! Vancouver Rundown has learned and
is the first to report. At least two people, including a child, are dead. Several others are
badly hurt after a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 1 in Chilliwack. It happened at around 2.30 Tuesday
afternoon just east of the Vettel River Bridge, prompting an immediate response by more than
half a dozen ambulance crews and the Chilliwack Fire Department. Highway 1 was closed eastbound
at Yale Road for much of the afternoon. Traffic congestion west was all but stopped with heavy
congestion. Other news! The Fraser Canyon has been inundated with logs and debris. A day after
the Chilcotin River breached its slide dam upstream. A surge of water has caused the river levels
in the Fraser north of Hope to rise about two meters. People are still being told to stay off
the Fraser River and its banks and to avoid using small boats or jet skis, at least for now.
A four-year-old girl has died in a drowning at a YMCA-operated water park in Chilliwack.
She was pulled from the water at the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Center Monday evening
but could not be revived by people at the scene and paramedics. Police and the Beesie
Coroner's Office are looking into how this happened. A 25-year-old from Richmond has won
Olympic gold in the women's hammer throw. Cameron Rogers called her win the culmination of everything
coming to fruition. It is the sixth gold medal for Canada at the Paris Games. Sunshine in the
forecast for Wednesday in-led highs of 28 degrees, sunny and a bit warmer with highs cracking 30
degrees for Thursday and for Friday. For all the details on these Vancouver area stories,
along with those links, go to vancouverrundown.substack.com.