Hwy 5 reopens after vehicle incident

By Andrea Arnold

As of 10 p.m. on January 28th, traffic is once again flowing in both directions on Highway 5 south of Valemount.

Around 6 p.m. the highway was closed between Albreda River South Bridge and Bear Road in both directions due to a vehicle incident.  The incident resulted in a highway closure spanning from about 7 km south of Valemount to 42 km north of Blue River.

At 8:49 p.m. Drive BC reported that traffic control was on site with an assessment in progress.

The Goat has reached out to RCMP for further details.

This is a developing story. More information will be added as it becomes available