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UPDATE: Highway 93 cleared south of Fairmont Hot Springs

UPDATE

Drive BC said Highway 93 is now fully clear and open to traffic.

There are no further details about the “vehicle incident” at this time, which originally forced the highway closure.


ORIGINAL STORY

A “vehicle incident” has forced the closure of Highway 93 in the Columbia Valley from Columbia Lake Road to Hardie Creek Road.

The road is fully closed in both directions.

However, traffic control is in place and crews on scene are detouring vehicles on Columbia Lake Road around the incident.

Drive BC said motorists should expect delays if they are travelling Highway 93 Friday morning.

The site of the Highway 93 closure south of Fairmont Hot Springs on Friday, May 14, 2021. (Supplied by Drive BC, Google Maps)
Bradley Jones
Bradley Jones
Delivering local news and sports in the East Kootenay since April 2016, Bradley now calls Cranbrook home. Born and raised in Airdrie, AB, Bradley graduated from Lethbridge College, and has been a journalist, news anchor and reporter since 2014. Bradley took on local News Director responsibilities when he moved to Cranbrook in 2016. He is now Vista Radio's Kootenay News Director, managing and overseeing all news operations at the company's five regional radio stations in Cranbrook, Creston, Nelson, Castlegar, and Grand Forks.

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