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Highway 1 re-opened between Hope and Boston Bar after trucks collide Friday

A serious crash closed Highway 1 in both directions between Hope and Boston Bar Friday evening.

The highway has since re-opened, as of 12:17 a.m. Saturday.

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RCMP tell Global News at about 5:10 p.m., two transport trucks collided, possibly head-on, about 10 kilometres north of Yale and just north of the Saddle Rock Tunnel in the Fraser Canyon.

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The impact of the collision sent one of the trucks into the path of a train.

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Three people have been taken to hospital.

One is in serious condition, and the other two are in stable condition.

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