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.
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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