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(UPDATE: May 19 @ 7 a.m.) - Hwy 1 has been reopened following a vehicle incident east of Hwy 5 in Kamloops last night.
(UPDATE: 9:55 p.m.) - Drive BC has confirmed that Hwy 1 is closed eastbound due to a vehicle incident.
CLOSED - #BCHwy1 - Vehicle incident eastbound, just east of #BCHwy5 in #Kamloops has the eastbound direction closed. Crews are on scene. Assessment in progress. Please use alternate route. Expect delays.
— Drive BC (@DriveBC) May 19, 2019
Drivers are being asked to use an alternate route around the incident, which was reported by eyewitnesses as a collision between a truck and a motorcycle.
Crews are on scene attending to the cause of the road closure.
(Original Story: 9:20 p.m.)
Crews are on site at a vehicle collision on Hwy 1 that reportedly took place between a motorcyclist and a pickup truck.
Drive BC reported that an incident occurred on Hwy 1, just east of Hwy 5.
#BCHwy1 - Reports of a vehicle incident eastbound, just east of #BCHwy5 in #Kamloops. Crews are on route. Assessment in progress.
— Drive BC (@DriveBC) May 19, 2019
The status of the roadway has not been released by Drive BC yet, but they say crews are en route and an assessment is in progress.
Witnesses on scene note that a pickup truck and a motorcycle appear to have been involved in the collision.
@Kamscan accident by comazetto Rd in VV (photo cred to my 9yr old in the backseat) pic.twitter.com/qf595Dqcq8
— Crystal Ashe (@CrystalBrylee) May 19, 2019
Photos show both Police and Fire crews on scene.
#Kamloops crews are at Comazzetto rd and #BCHWY1 for a motor cycle vs pick up, Highway will be closed down asking @Argo_Thompson for cones photo courtesy Pav Gill pic.twitter.com/OXQo3QQEoL
— Kamscan (@Kamscan) May 19, 2019
KamloopsBCNow will update this story as more information becomes available.