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Head-on crash closes Highway 1 near Revelstoke

Head-on crash closed Highway 1 near Revelstoke Thursday afternoon. RCMP Photo

The TransCanada Highway was temporarily closed Thursday afternoon just east of Revelstoke because of a head-on crash.

Police say a westbound tractor-trailer truck was about seven feet into the oncoming passing lane when it collided with a pickup truck.

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The driver of the pickup was trapped in the wreckage and had to be freed by Revelstoke fire fighters before being taken to hospital.

The driver of the larger truck also suffered non life-threatening injuries.

He was ticketed for failing to keep to the right.

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