B.C.'s road maintenance service advises that while many motorists managed to flee a seven-hour wait Tuesday as the Trans-Canada Highway shut near Revelstoke, drivers should be prepared for delays even in summer.

According to Revelstoke RCMP, emergency services responded around 11 a.m. Aug. 26 to a motor vehicle collision along Highway 1, between Mount Revelstoke and Glacier national parks.

RCMP said via release that a westbound semi-trailer struck part of the MacDonald Snowshed, "and was pushed into the oncoming lane, colliding with an oncoming SUV" inside the snow shed. Emcon Services shared a photo showing the torn-open trailer blocking the western entrance to the snow shed, with its cargo spilled out.

The occupants of both vehicles sustained minor injuries, and impairment has been ru

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