5 hospitalized after crash in Mission

Lougheed Highway is seen blocked off at Nelson Street on Thursday, Dec. 26 in this DriveBC highway camera still.

Lougheed Highway was closed for about six hours in Mission, B.C., after a car crash Thursday morning that sent five people to hospital.

The Mission RCMP says around 11:30 a.m. a vehicle hydroplaned and struck another in the oncoming lane.

A woman was airlifted to hospital with injuries police described as serious.

BC Emergency Health Services told CTV News it also sent seven ground ambulances to the scene at 37103 Lougheed Hwy. Paramedics treated and transported a total of five patients, the severity of whose injuries has not been disclosed.

The highway was shut down in both directions between Nelson and Oliver streets and reopened around 6 p.m.