One person has died as the result of a collision between two tractor trailers on the Trans Canada near Revelstoke Tuesday night.
RCMP say the collision happened at around 8 p.m. roughly 25 kilometres west of Revelstoke.
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They say one of the drivers died at the scene while the other driver was taken to hospital with unspecified injuries.
Police say there was a second collision between two tractor trailers when one of them failed to stop before ramming into the back of another semi that had stopped for the original accident.
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Neither driver was injured.
The crashes forced the closure of the Trans Canada for several hours.
The highway has since re-opened.
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