Updated 6:15 a.m.: The Lions Gate Bridge is closed early Thursday after a fatal crash between a transit bus and another vehicle just before midnight.
West Vancouver police say it appears a car headed north midspan on the bridge lost control and spun into the southbound lanes, hitting a West Vancouver Transit bus.
"The Jaws of Life were used to extract the driver and passenger from the vehicle that struck the bus," said West Vancouver Sgt. Ed Pearce in a release.
Both were rushed to hospital but died of their injuries, said Pearce.
The bus driver and three of the 14 passengers on board were taken for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
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