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Fatal accident closes Trans-Canada Highway between Golden and Revelstoke

The DriveBC camera at Rogers Pass showed a backlog of vehicles at 2:20 p.m. Thursday. Trucks were lined up bumper to bumper on highway. DriveBC

One person is dead after a head-on collision between a pickup truck and a commercial tractor-trailer on Thursday.

The crash west of the Rogers Pass Summit closed the Trans-Canada Highway in both directions between Golden and Revelstoke for hours.

Police said the driver of a Ford F150 died at the scene and a passenger in the pickup was taken to hospital in Golden.

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RCMP said the driver of the tractor trailer was not hurt.

Around 5:00 p.m. Drive BC reported that the highway had reopened in both directions.

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The road had been closed for officials to conduct their scene investigation and clean up the crash site.

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