UPDATE: Coquihalla Highway partially reopened near Kamloops

KAMLOOPS – Heads up if you're heading to Kamloops this morning, you might need to find an alternate route.

Police say a transport vehicle rolled near Lac le Jeune Road and there's debris all over the highway.

In a notice this morning, Oct. 2, Sgt. Brandon Buliziuk said the northbound lanes would be closed for some time. Since then, Drive B.C. has said the right lane northbound has reopened.

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For the very latest, go to the Drive B.C. website here.

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— This story was updated at 10:17 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, to say the right lane northbound had reopened.


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