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UPDATE: Hwy 4 fully open in both directions after crash

Mar 22, 2019 | 2:16 PM

UPDATE(7:15 p.m.): DriveBC says the scene is cleared and Hwy 4 is fully open again. Heavy delays and congestion are expected still.

 

EARLIER(2:15 p.m.)

PARKSVILLE — A serious crash has closed Hwy. 4 in both directions just west of Whiskey Creek.

RCMP Cpl. Tammy Douglas told NanaimoNewsNOW the collision occurred just after 12 p.m. on March 22 on the Alberni Hwy. at Koen Rd., about nine kilometres east of Cameron Lake. She said it’s too early to provide any details but collision analyst and reconstruction services would be attending the scene.