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Driver loses ICBC fight after car conked out on flooded Langley road

Tribunal finds driver was at fault for heading into high water
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A driver braved a waterlogged stretch of 208th Street north of Walnut Grove on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, during a series of atmospheric rivers. Other drivers were not lucky enough to make it through, including one who challenged an ICBC deductible through a Civil Resolution Tribunal. (Langley Advance Times files)

A small claims tribunal has denied a Langley driver compensation for a damaged car, after finding she knowingly drove into a flooded road during the 2021 atmospheric river.

The May 30 decision came about after the driver went to a Civil Resolution Tribunal, asking that ICBC’s finding that she was at fault and had caused a “collision” be removed from her insurance, and that she be reimbursed for her $500 repair deductible.

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Matthew Claxton

About the Author: Matthew Claxton

Raised in Langley, as a journalist today I focus on local politics, crime and homelessness.
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