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By Aaron Schulze

Highway Crash

First responders care for 20 patients, send five to hospital following Coquihalla crash

Dec 19, 2022 | 10:30 AM

MERRITT, B.C. — BC Emergency Health Services (EHS) say it cared for 20 patients following a vehicle incident that closed the northbound lanes of the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt for nearly eight hours.

EHS told CFJC Today that seven ambulances and two supervisor units were sent to the Comstock Road area at 1:06 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 18). Of the 20 patients that were cared for, five were sent to hospital: two in critical condition and three in moderate condition.

Elsewhere, EHS say one patient was sent to hospital in stable condition following a vehicle incident on the Coquihalla Highway near Coldwater at around 1:50 p.m. Sunday..

DriveBC first reported the incident near Comstock Road at 1:20 p.m. While the initial incident closed northbound lanes on the stretch of Highway 5, DriveBC reported around 2:30 p.m. that the incident near Coldwater closed the southbound lanes.

DriveBC announced the southbound lanes were clear at around 6:20 p.m., while northbound travellers had to wait an extra three hours until around 9:40 p.m.

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Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt. The stretch of Highway 5 could see around 10 to 15 centimetres of snow from Monday (Dec. 19) night until Tuesday afternoon (Dec. 20).