UPDATE: The Trans-Canada Highway near Chase has been fully reopened to traffic.
The opening followed a partial reopening earlier in the afternoon with single-lane alternating traffic.
ORIGINAL STORY:
A collision has closed part of the Trans-Canada Highway in B.C.’s Southern Interior, according to DriveBC.
The accident is said to be just west of Chase, with the incident taking place between Old Highway Earth Road and Shuswap-Chase Creek Road.
Assessments are in progress, say DriveBC and AIMRoads, and that there is no estimated time of reopening, though AIMRoads says it has “medium confidence” in a 4 p.m. reopening.
Detour are said to be available through Falkland and Salmon Arm.
CFJC in Kamloops is reporting that two people have been critically injured, and that collision reportedly involved a semi and a pickup just after 12 p.m.
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