Pickup truck slams into a Tanker truck

Nov 20, 2015 | 9:12 AM

RCMP confirm Highway 1 has fully reopened after a truck fire this morning near Peterson Creek Bridge. 

Kamloops RCMP had a portion of the Trans Canada Highway closed. That after Kamloops Fire Rescue received a report of a tanker truck fire at 5:30am.

Upon arrival Kamloops Fire Rescue determined a pickup truck had actually slammed into the back of a tanker truck, causing a fire. Assistant Fire Chief Dave McMahon says his crews knocked down the fire but says concern was raised that the valve system in the back of the tanker had been compromised.