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UPDATE: Coquihalla Highway reopens outside of Hope following vehicle incident

A vehicle crash happened around 3:30 a.m. and the southbound lanes were closed
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The Coquihalla’s southbound lanes are closed outside of Hope because of a vehicle incident. (Google Maps)

Update: 1 p.m.

All lanes on the Coquihalla Highway outside of Hope have reopened, following a morning-long closure.

DriveBC reports that the southbound vehicle incident between the start of the highway and the Othello Road exit (183), close to the Highway 3 junction, has now been cleared.

The crash occurred at around 3:30 a.m., Saturday morning.

Original story: 7:50 a.m.

The Coquihalla Highway is closed southbound outside of Hope because of a vehicle incident.

Around 3:30 a.m., the crash happened between the start of the highway and the Othello Road exit (183), close to the Highway 3 junction.

An assessment is in process and a detour is in effect via exit 177.

DriveBC’s next update is scheduled for 10 a.m.

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Hailing from Ladner, B.C., I have been passionate about sports, especially baseball, since I was young. In 2018, I graduated from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with a Bachelor of Journalism degree
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