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A vehicle incident closed part of the Trans-Canada Highway east of Revelstoke for hours starting early Tuesday afternoon, DriveBC reported.

A three- or four-kilometre stretch of Highway 1 between Mount Revelstoke and Glacier national parks remains shut both ways Aug. 26 since about noon, with no detour available while response crews assess the scene.

As of 4:40 p.m. PDT, the section of highway hasn't reopened to traffic. Back around 1:20 p.m. PDT, Emcon Services posted a photo of a torn-open semi-trailer with its contents spilled out inside a Highway 1 tunnel.

"Due to a motor vehicle incident Highway 1 between Revelstoke and Golden is closed," Emcon said in the Facebook post, adding crews were working to clear the wreckage and inspect damage. "We sugge

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