The Trans-Canada Highway was closed for about 90 minutes Wednesday afternoon west of Revelstoke when a semi hauling paint lost around 60 industrial sized buckets on the roadway.
RCMP said the eastbound hauler swerved to avoid a collision with another semi when the maneuver caused the containers to shift.
Each bucket contained 18.9 litres of drywall paint.
The white paint covered all lanes of traffic and some nearby vehicles.
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Traffic was brought to a stand still because of the accident in the Three Valley Gap area, about 30 km west of Revelstoke.
Highway maintenance crews poured sand on the paint in order to allow traffic to flow again.
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RCMP ticketed a 32-year-old B.C. drive for having an unsecured load.
Flagging crews remain at the sight as the paint clean-up continues into Thursday.
The paint was said not to have posed a risk to the environment.
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