Malahat highway closed due to chicken truck crash
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The Malahat highway is closed in both directions Friday morning after a truck carrying live chickens crashed near the Split Rock lookout. Travellers are being detoured off the Trans-Canada Highway at Shawnigan Lake Road and Shawnigan-Mill Bay Road.
Travellers are being detoured off the Trans-Canada Highway at Shawnigan Lake Road and Shawnigan-Mill Bay Road.
Oversized vehicles are advised to take West Shawnigan Lake Road.
"It was a poultry truck that crashed," said Stew Westwood, operations manager with highway maintenance contractor Emcon Services. "It took out a bunch of barriers."
The highway was closed due to the crash shortly after 4 a.m. An update on potential reopening is expected from DriveBC at 10:30 a.m.
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