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UPDATE: Highway 1 near Revelstoke reopened following two accidents

A flipped semi blocked traffic on the Trans-Canada Highway near Mount Revelstoke National Park. It was one of two accidents along the Trans-Canada on Tuesday afternoon. Ranjit Durka

UPDATE 7 P.M.: Highway 1 east of Mount Revelstoke National Park has been reopened following a crash involving a semi.

The Trans Canada at Three Valley Gap is open as well following an earlier accident involving a transport.

ORIGINAL STORY: 

A section of the Trans-Canada Highway in British Columbia is closed because of an accident.

According to DriveBC, the highway is closed near Revelstoke and also near Mount Revelstoke National Park. In both cases, the highway is closed in both directions.

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The accident near Revelstoke is approximately 20 kilometres west. The highway is closed between Camp Creek Road and Three Valley siding, a distance of approximately 4.8 kilometres .

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Earlier in the day, an accident near Mount Revelstoke National Park closed the highway between the east boundary of the park and Albert Canyon Road, a distance of approximately 3.6 kilometres. The road was to reopen at 5 p.m., and DriveBC has taken the incident off its road warnings.

In the Okanagan, an accident has closed Highway 97A north of Enderby. The accident was between Zettergreen Road and Riverside Road, approximately 16 km north of Enderby. The next update is expected at 5:30 p.m.

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For up-to-date information, visit DriveBC.

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