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Motor vehicle incident closes Highway 93/95 in the Columbia Valley

Reports and witnesses said a motor vehicle collision occurred in the Windermere area Wednesday afternoon, blocking traffic in both directions on Highway 93/95.

One driver was told by traffic control to loop back to Fairmont Hot Springs to detour around the accident.

Preliminary details about the incident are limited at this time. Early reports say vehicles are still able to get past the scene using Westside Road or Windermere Loop Road.

There has been no official word from the RCMP about the severity of the accident, but they did says the highway is closed indefinitely. Drive BC has yet to update its road conditions for the area.

More information will be released as it becomes available.

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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