Highway 1 at Glacier National Park, 72 km east of Revelstoke, looking east. DriveB.C.

UPDATE: Highway 1 reopens following vehicle incident near Revelstoke

Highway 1 has reopened following a vehicle incident that caused the road's closure for hours between Revelstoke and Golden today.

Drive B.C. reported the incident at roughly 6:40 a.m. this morning, Feb. 20, near the Rockgarden Trailhead.

The highway was closed between the west boundary of Mount Revelstoke National Park and Althoff Road for 127.4 km, according to DriveB.C.

DriveB.C. said to expect major traffic delays.

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Carli Berry

Carli Berry has been telling stories in the Okanagan for the past three years and after finding her footing in the newspaper industry, joined the Infonews team in January 2020. Recipient of the 2019 MA Murray award for feature writing, Carli is passionate about stories that involve housing, business and the environment. Born on Vancouver Island, she is happy to say Okanagan Lake reminds, her slightly, of the ocean. Carli can be reached at (250) 864-7494 or email cberry@infonews.ca.

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