Highway 1 is closed near Golden, and has been for many hours overnight, after two semis crashed head-on.

United Towing reports on Twitter that they were called to the accident around 11 p.m. Monday evening and that both trucks were on fire.

The highway remains closed to commercial vehicles in both directions from Revelstoke to Golden because of the incident.

By 7 a.m., passenger vehicles are going through via a local detour that is only available to non-commercial vehicles.
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Two days ago

Two people were killed Saturday on Highway 1 near Three Valley Gap. (Craigellachie to Revelstoke)

RCMP reported on December 28 a westbound tractor trailer unit collided with an eastbound passenger vehicle. Both occupants of the passenger vehicle were killed.

The highway was closed for several hours to allow a traffic reconstruction team to complete their on-site investigation.