Crash on Coquihalla sends 29 to hospital

Feb 26, 2018 | 4:05 AM

HOPE — A pileup on British Columbia’s Coquihalla highway has sent 29 people to hospital in conditions the Provincial Health Services Authority says range from stable to critical.

    Spokesperson Amy Robertson says the crash just north of Hope, B.C. was reported Sunday around 8 p.m. local time and involved six vehicles _ two transport trucks, two buses and two passenger vehicles.

    Robertson says the injured were transported by air and ground ambulances to hospital, while another 136 people who were not hurt were taken to a warming centre in Hope.

    The accident forced the closure of the Coquihalla in both directions between Hope and Merritt for about seven hours.