Vehicle incident closes Coquihalla Highway near Hope

The major route between the southern Interior and the Lower Mainland is closed following a vehicle incident this morning.

It's closed the Coquihalla Highway this morning, Dec. 20, about five kilometres north of of Hope, according to Drive B.C.

A photo of the incident posted to Facebook shows a number of transport trucks stopped on the road and other vehicles stuck in deep snow.

Drive B.C. warns there will be major delays on the highway.

This comes as snow continues to fall in the Lower Mainland through to the Okanagan with 10 to 15 centimetres of snow expected through the mountains today.

For the latest on road conditions on the Coquihalla and other highways in the southern Interior go to DriveBC here.


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Rob Munro

Rob Munro

Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics