Highway 1 is closed in both directions Friday morning after a serious crash between Hope and Yale.<\/p>\n
Cpl. Dave Noon with the Lower Mainland Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service says police will be investigating for several hours, with no anticipated time for reopening.<\/p>\n
In an update before 10 a.m., the BC Highway Patrol says it will remain closed for most of the day.<\/p>\n
BCHP says the crash between the drivers of a tractor-trailer and a pickup truck happened just after 6 a.m. Police describe it as a \u201chead-on\u201d collision.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe driver of the tractor-trailer is unhurt, but the driver of the pickup has been taken to hospital with serious injuries,\u201d Mounties said.<\/p>\n
Cpl. Michael McLaughlin says police are making progress, but they\u2019re asking for drivers\u2019 patience.<\/p>\n
The closure comes while a wildfire has forced the closure of the Coquihalla Highway.<\/p>\n
Another blaze is burning close to Highway 3 \u2014 the other major route between the Lower Mainland and the Interior \u2014 but the BC Wildfire service says it does not currently pose a threat to the highway.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe understand that major highway shutdowns cause major inconvenience, but we don\u2019t want anyone else to get hurt,\u201d said McLaughlin.<\/p>\n
If you witnessed the events leading up to the crash or have dashcam video to share, you\u2019re asked to call the BC Highway Patrol\u2019s Chilliwack division at 604-702-4039 and quote file (1501) 2025-38115.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Highway 1 is closed in both directions Friday morning after a serious crash between Hope and Yale. Cpl.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-122383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}