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UPDATE: Highway 3 open east of Creston following “vehicle incident” Thursday

UPDATE (2:20 pm):

Highway 3 is now fully open in both directions.

Drive BC has since removed the reported incident.

At this time it is unclear exactly what caused the temporary closure of Highway 3.

ORIGINAL (1:31 pm):

Highway 3 is closed east of Creston and Erickson following a reported “vehicle incident” Thursday afternoon.

Drive BC reports the incident between Canyon-Lister Road and Lakeview Arrow Creek Road, about 4 to 6 kilometres east of Creston.

The road is fully closed at this time.

Drive BC said Highway 3 should open again around 2:30 or 3:00 pm MT (1:30 or 2:30 pm PT).

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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