Highway closed after rock slide injures contractors working to prevent slides
FIELD, B.C. — Two workers have been injured in a rock slide in Yoho National Park that has closed the Trans-Canada Highway for an extended period.
RCMP say the slide happened Monday west of Field, B.C., and that traffic has been stopped in both directions.
Parks Canada says in a news release the slide occurred at a rock scaling site, a process that industry websites describe as the removal of loose rock from a slope.
It says the workers were drilling holes to place explosives when the slide occurred.