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UPDATE: Overturned semi closes section of Highway 97A

By dpotenteau Global News

Posted October 4, 2019 6:26 pm

Updated October 5, 2019 11:47 am

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An overturned semi has closed a section of Highway 97. The incident is approximately 11 kilometres south of Sicamous. Submitted

UPDATE: The closed section of Highway 97A south of Sicamous was reopened to traffic late Friday night.

UPDATE – OPEN – #BCHwy97A – Vehicle incident just north of Hutchison Rd in Mara. is now fully open.
— DriveBC (@DriveBC) October 5, 2019

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A section of Highway 97A is closed due to an overturned semi.

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The closure is around 11 kilometres south of Sicamous, between Seed Road and Davidson Drive.

An estimated time of opening is not available.

According to DriveBC, the highway closure is 1.1 kilometres in length.

Detours are in effect: northbound via Highway 97B to the Trans-Canada Highway, and southbound via the Trans-Canada Highway to Highway 97B.

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