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Rock Slide closes Highway 3 near Keremeos

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Rock slide closes Highway 3 near Keremeos
A rock slide near Keremeos closed Highway 3 late Sunday night. Video shared with Global News shows the rock slide that caused a local power outage at the time. – Nov 6, 2023

A rock slide just outside of Keremeos closed Highway 3 in both directions Sunday night.

In a tweet, Drive BC says the highway is affected for more than five kilometres, beginning about three kilometres west of Keremeos.

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Video sent to Global News captured flashes of light and sound of the slide as it happened. A local power outage was reported as well.

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A detour is in effect, driver can use Highway 97,5 and 5-A.

As of right now, there is no estimate on when that road will reopen.

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