UPDATE: Trans Canada near Salmon Arm reopens following crash

SALMON ARM – Highway 1 has reopened near Salmon Arm after a vehicle collision this morning.

The Trans Canada was closed in both directions about one kilometre west of Salmon Arm, according to Drive B.C. The highway reopened shortly before noon.

Two ambulances and an air ambulance were dispatched to the collision on the Salmon River Bridge at about 7:45 a.m., March 5, B.C. Emergency Health Services spokesperson Kevin Sauve says.

Sauve says two people were injured in the crash, adding one person is in critical condition.

For the latest information on the closure and highway conditions across the province go to the Drive B.C. website.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Howard Alexander at halexander@infonews.ca. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

— This story was updated at 9:29 a.m., Saturday, March 5, 2016 to add information from B.C. Emergency Heath Services.

— This story was updated at 12:05 p.m., Saturday, March 5, 2016 to say the highway had reopened.

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Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business.

Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan.

He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home.

If you have an event to share contact Howard at 250-309-5343or email halexander@infonews.ca.

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