VANCOUVER -- A man and a woman are dead after a serious traffic accident at Burrard Street and West 2nd.

Vancouver police say shortly after 8 a.m., a motorcycle travelling south on Burrard Street struck a car travelling eastbound at the intersection of West 2nd.

Both the 31-year-old man driving and the 22-year-old woman on the back of the motorcycle died in the crash. Both lived in Vancouver according to police.

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One person who was in the car was transported to Vancouver General Hospital with minor injuries, police said.

Hours after the crash, the car's hazard lights were blinking.

TransLink says there are traffic delays because of the incident. Buses are being rerouted along the Granville Bridge.

A VPD news release says traffic is blocked northbound on Burrard Street at 3rd Avenue and southbound on Burrard Street at 1st. Avenue.

Police say traffic will be affected for several hours as police investigate the cause of the crash.Nearby resident Tamara Plavsic, 22, was walking back toward Burrard Street after getting a loaf of bread around 9 a.m. when she saw the accident site.

At 11 a.m. she was still standing behind police tape staring at investigators as they recreated the gruesome crash.

"I turn here every day," said a stunned Plasvic. "It's kind of chaotic because there isn't a light til 4th Avenue, it's three blocks.

"Usually the light's open for a long time, so people speed all the way from the (Burrard) bridge up to 4th Avenue."

with files from Mike Hager

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