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UPDATE: Highway 97 near Peachland has been reopened.
Original Story:
A three car accident has stalled traffic heading southbound along Highway 97 into Peachland.
According to reports into the KelownaNow newsroom, the collision occurred in the southbound lane at the bottom of Drought Hill. Conditions along the highway are slick because of snowfall, but it is unclear if this was a contributing factor.
According to the BC Ambulance Service, the collision occurred just before 3:00 p.m. at Highway 97 and Buchanan Road in Peachland. A total of three ground ambulances were dispatched to the scene and two people taken to hospital, one of them in critical condition.
KelownaNow has reached out to RCMP for more details and will update readers as soon as more information becomes available.
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