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Update: Both lanes open on Highway 97

A motor vehicle incident south of Penticton has traffic stopped in both directions and being re-routed to Eastside Road.
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One of two vehicles involved in a crash early Wednesday afternoon on Highway 97 just north of Okanagan Falls. The incident closed traffic in both lanes and it's not known if there were any injuries.

Update

Both lanes are now open on Highway 97.

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Update 1 p.m.

Vehicles are now moving on Highway 97 but reduced to single lane alternating traffic.

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Highway 97 is closed in both directions one kilometre south of the junction with Highway 3A due to a motor vehicle incident, DriveBC is reporting.

The estimated time of reopening is currently not available and an assessment is in progress. DriveBC said the next update will come at 1:30 p.m.

 



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