VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – A deadly crash on a foggy stretch of Highway 1 early Tuesday morning could have been avoided, according to the BC Flagging Association.

The RCMP say the construction truck was parked in the left lane eastbound on Highway 1 but had all its hazard markers on when an SUV slammed into the back of it.

The driver of the SUV was killed as a result.

But Tammy Sampson with the BC Flagging Association says they didn’t use proper lane closing procedures which would mean traffic cones on a gradual angle cutting the lane off and more flashing indicators.

“That particular driver would have had the opportunity to hit and crash into 17 barrels,” says Sampson, who drove the same stretch of road during similar foggy conditions Friday night.

She says the left lane is one of the most difficult to close as well.

But Sampson says even if the rules were followed, it was likely too foggy for crews to be on the road in the first place.

“But at the end of the day, construction crews shouldn’t have been there.”

She says road crews need to factor in the weather before heading out to work. She says the fog she drove through on Friday was bad enough it should have halted work and it was worse on Tuesday morning.

“You have to leave the road all-together. The people that we work will not go out in conditions like that.”

The accident investigation is now in the hands of WorkSafeBC.

News1130 has a call in to the construction company as well.