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Serious accident shuts down Highway 97 near Westwold

Traffic closed in both directions; being re-routed along Chase-Falkland Road
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Highway 97 is closed in both directions because of a serious motor vehicle incident 10 kilometres south of Westwold. (Jennifer Smith/Morning Star)

Highway 97 is closed in both directions because of what is believed to be a serious motor vehicle incident 10 kilometres south of Westwold.

Traffic is being re-routed along the Chase-Falkland Road.

DriveBC estimates the time of re-opening the highway to be 10:30 p.m. That’s also when the next update will be on this incident.



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