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A crash has closed Highway 1 Wednesday night.
UPDATE: 6 a.m.
The highway was fully reopened east of Canoe just after 10 p.m., DriveBC reports.
ORIGINAL: 9:35 p.m.
Highway 1 has now been partially reopened to alternating, single-lane traffic.
ORIGINAL: 9:15 p.m.
A vehicle crash has closed Highway 1 in both directions, east of Salmon Arm, Wednesday night.
The crash occurred about seven kilometres east of Canoe, just before 9 p.m.
While Highway 1 is closed, Highway 97A, through Grindrod, can be used as a detour.
The nature of the crash or the condition of those involved is unknown at this time.
DriveBC has no estimate as to when the highway may be reopened.