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Highway 5 north of Hope closed overnight 

The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt remained closed Thursday morning after multiple incidents Wednesday night.

The Transportation Ministry reported closing the northbound lanes around 8:30 p.m. By 9 p.m., it said southbound lanes had closed as well.

It says “non-compliant commercial vehicles at mandatory chain-up location” caused the northbound closure.

Meanwhile, the southbound closure is attributed to a vehicle incident.

DriveBC estimates that traffic will reopen to southbound traffic at 10:30 a.m. and to northbound traffic at 11 a.m.

Drivers can take Highway 1 or Highway 3 as detours.

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