Coquihalla Highway closed southbound due to multi-vehicle incident

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Two vehicle incidents on the Coquihalla Highway caused road closures, congestion and detours between Hope and Merritt late Monday afternoon.

Highway 5 southbound was closed after a multi-vehicle incident between Exit 217 (the Zopkios brake check) and Exit 202 at Portia, a 5.5-kilometre stretch from three kilometres south of the Coquihalla summit to two kilometres south of the Great Bear snowshed.

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Southbound traffic was being detoured onto Highway 5A and Highway 3.

Northbound traffic was getting through and Drive B.C. stopped reporting delays and congestion in that direction shortly after 8 p.m.

As of 8:30 p.m., it was estimated the southbound lanes would reopen at about 2 a.m. Tuesday.

The next Drive B.C. update on the closure is expected at 9 p.m. Monday.

Check DriveBC.ca for updates if travelling to or from the B.C. Interior tonight.