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A fatal vehicle crash led to the closure of Highway 1 eastbound in Chilliwack for several hours on Sunday, Aug. 17.

The highway was closed between Exit 119 (Yale Road) and Exit 123 (Prest Road).

A vehicle rolled over into a ditch. When first responders arrived they performed CPR, according to a freelance reporter on scene. The person died on scene. RCMP kept the highway closed for an investigation.

The highway was opened at about 6:30 p.m.

Two other crashes took place in short order. One was in the eastbound lanes just passed the original crash site. The second was further east, in the westbound lanes. In that instance, a commercial truck and trailer crashed into the cable barrier in the median, close to the Prest Road exit.

This caused a westbound

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