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Vehicle Incident Closes Barkerville Highway One Kilometer East Of Highway 97

Drive BC is reporting that the road is closed in both directions due to a vehicle incident between the start of Highway 26 and Callis Road.

Quesnel RCMP Sargeant Richard Weseen said the incident happened this (Tuesday) evening at 7:45 and the Highway will be closed for several hours.

Wassen said traffic is being detoured on Schemenauer Road which will take the traffic Northwest and coming out on Highway 97 just north of Ten Mile Lake.

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Pat Matthews
Pat Matthews
Pat started working in the Cariboo in 1989 after spending several years in radio in Terrace. He worked in the creative department until 2017 when he switched over to news covering Williams Lake and the South Cariboo as well as being the afternoon host on Country 840 in 100 Mile House.

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