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By Aaron Schulze

Highway 1 Collision

Vehicle fire impacts traffic on Highway 1 between Cache Creek and Spences Bridge

Oct 5, 2023 | 7:49 AM

UPDATE (11:30 p.m.): DriveBC says the stretch of Highway 1 between Cache Creek and Spences Bridge reopened in both directions.

SPENCES BRIDGE, B.C. — UPDATE (4:45 p.m.): B.C. Highway Patrol says the second driver has been confirmed deceased in the crash.

UPDATE (1:45 p.m.): RCMP say one of the drivers in the collision is unaccounted for.

In a news release, RCMP E-Division spokesperson Cpl. James Grandy says one of the drivers spoke to officers at the scene, but the other cannot be found.

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Grandy says the highway will be closed “for an extended period of time.”

UPDATE (11:30 a.m.): BC Emergency Health Services (EHS) confirmed they received a call shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday regarding the collision on Highway 1 between Cache Creek and Spences Bridge.

EHS tells CFJC Today one patient on scene was treated for minor injuries but did not need to go to a hospital. No other patients were sent to hospital.

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In total, EHS says two ground ambulances and one air ambulance responded. EHS is unable to confirm fatalities at an accident scene.

Video of the collision online shows two semi-trucks collided on the stretch of Highway 1 with one of them catching fire.

EARLIER: CACHE CREEK, B.C. — Traffic is closed in both directions on the Trans Canada Highway between Cache Creek and Spences Bridge Thursday (Oct. 5) morning.

DriveBC first reported of a vehicle fire on Highway 1 near Venables Lake at around 7:20 a.m. Thursday.

Drivers are told to watch for first responders and expect delays.

A detour is available via Highway 8 between Merritt and Spences Bridge and Highway 97C between Ashcroft and Logan Lake.

Another update is due at 1 p.m. Thursday.

This is a developing story, and more information will be provided once it’s available.