Highway 97 at Hospital Hill was closed to southbound traffic due to a multiple-vehicle blockage earlier this afternoon.<\/p>\n
Vernon North Okanagan RCMP asked the public to find an alternative route while crews worked to clear the road.<\/p>\n
The highway is now clear, RCMP said.<\/p>\n
The highway is the main link between Vernon and Kelowna.<\/p>\n
DriveBC is warning of slippery sections on Highway 97 from Vernon to Osoyoos.<\/p>\n
For details on the province's road go to DriveBC here<\/a>.<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>Vehicle incident closes Coquihalla Highway near Hope<\/a><\/p>\n To contact a reporter for this story, <\/span>email Ben Bulmer<\/a> or call (250) 309-5230 or <\/span>email the editor<\/a>. You can also submit <\/span>photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom<\/a> and be entered to win a monthly prize draw.<\/span><\/p>\n We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Highway 97 at Hospital Hill was closed to southbound traffic due to a multiple-vehicle blockage earlier this afternoon. Vernon North Okanagan RCMP asked the public to find an alternative route while crews worked to clear the road. The highway is now clear, RCMP said. The highway is the main link between Vernon and Kelowna. DriveBC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"guid":"","source":"iNFOnews","byline":"Ben Bulmer","published":"2022-12-20T05:38:28","updated":"2022-12-20T13:31:11","_infotelid":"IT95859","_prepressid":"95859","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[491,3,492,493],"tags":[49,503,1092,829,547,50,51,52],"region":[206,207,208,209],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlight","category-inwheels","category-local","category-topnews","tag-ben-bulmer","tag-news","tag-road-closed","tag-snow","tag-traffic","tag-vernon-news","tag-vernon-north-okanagan-rcmp-2022","tag-vndec2022","region-kamloops","region-kelowna","region-penticton","region-vernon"],"blocksy_meta":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/43\/update-vernons-hospital-hill-reopens-following-pile-up\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"UPDATE: Vernon’s Hospital Hill reopens following pile-up","url":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/43\/update-vernons-hospital-hill-reopens-following-pile-up\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/43\/update-vernons-hospital-hill-reopens-following-pile-up\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/MediaItemID95859-4351.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/MediaItemID95859-4351.png"},"articleSection":"highlight","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"iNFOTEL"}],"creator":["iNFOTEL"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"iNwheels","logo":""},"keywords":["ben bulmer","news","road-closed","snow","traffic","vernon news","vernon north okanagan rcmp 2022","vndec2022"],"dateCreated":"2022-12-20T13:38:28Z","datePublished":"2022-12-20T13:38:28Z","dateModified":"2022-12-20T21:31:11Z"},"rendered":"
\n