UPDATE: 9:18 a.m

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The statement reminded drivers to slow down, increase space between themselves and other vehicles, and ensure their vehicle has proper tires for the season.

UPDATE: 8:30 a.m

DriveBC now reports the Coquihalla is open again in both directions.

UPDATE: 8 a.m

DriveBC reports the Coquihalla remains closed southbound. The highway is expected to fully reopen to traffic at 8:30 a.m.

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UPDATE: 6 a.m.

The Coquihalla has reopened northbound after a serious multi-vehicle crash sent 29 people to hospital Sunday evening.

BC Emergency Health Services91裸聊视频� latest update early Monday morning stated 29 people were taken to hospital with range of conditions from stable to critical.

An additional 136 uninjured people were transported to a warming centre in Hope, B.C.

The accident reportedly involved two semi trucks, two buses and two vehicles, prompting the closure of the Coquihalla in both directions north of Hope just before 8 p.m. Sunday evening.

About six hours later, just before 2 a.m., DriveBC reported the highway had reopened to northbound traffic. The highway still remains closed southbound with no current estimate on reopening.

A local detour is available via Exit 183 / Othello Road to Hope to Highway 1 or an alternate route from Merritt is Hwy. 8 to Hwy. 1

The next update is expected at 7 a.m.

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UPDATE: 11:07 p.m.

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He said he looked out and saw a car about 200 feet away that had crashed and gone down the embankment. He called 911 and as he was speaking to the call taker, he said he saw a semi truck hit a vehicle and go down the embankment as well. Several other vehicles ended up in the crash.

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He added he could only see one tour bus that looked as if it had just suffered a dent from the rear.

Zillwood, who has lived in the area for 14 years, said there91裸聊视频檚 been a bad crash there almost every year because the road gets so slippery from the snow with the hill that goes up into Hope.

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91裸聊视频� Laura Baziuk (@LauraBaziuk)

Susan Beauchamp was a passenger on one of the tour buses.

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The RCMP has still yet to comment on the crash.

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UPDATE: 10:48 p.m.

Seven people have been taken to hospital in serious condition following a multi-vehicle crash on the Coquihalla Highway.

BC Emergency Health Services said the incident involved two transport trucks, two passenger buses and two vehicles.

Roughly 70 other passengers, uninjured, have been taken by bus with paramedics to a warming centre. Hospitals nearby, including Chilliwack General Hospital, have called a 91裸聊视频渃ode orange,91裸聊视频� in preparation for incoming patients.

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91裸聊视频� Ashley Wadhwani (@ashwadhwani)

Meanwhile, paramedics remain on scene with more patients, BC EHS said.

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UPDATE: 10:41 p.m.

Emergency Health Services confirms they dispatched 22 units to an incident 30 kilometres north of Hope about 9:45 p.m.

They are unclear the number of individuals in need of medical attention. The original reported number was close to 100 people injured, although EHS now believes that number is closer to 40.

EMS does not have an exact number of people injured as a result of this collision on the Coquihalla, at this time.

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ORIGINAL: 8:30 p.m.

A crash involving several vehicles, including a tour bus, closed the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt Sunday evening.

The highway is closed in both directions between Othello Road, near exit 183, and Merritt. No estimated time yet to re-open, according to DriveBC.

We've received reports of a major motor vehicle incident on the Coquihalla highway north of Hope. Multiple ground and air units have been dispatched. Paramedics are at the scene assessing. More to come.

91裸聊视频� EmergHealthServices (@BC_EHS)

BC Emergency Health Services said the crash involves two passenger vehicles, two semi-trucks and a tour bus. It dispatched at least two air ambulances and multiple ground vehicles.

The extent of any injuries is not yet known. RCMP have not yet commented.

Greyhound bus lines has confirmed one of its vehicles, to Vancouver from Kelowna, was involved. They report only one minor injury.

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91裸聊视频� Kelsey Julia 鈾擄笍 (@KelseyJulia)

A snowfall warning and travel advisory was issued along the Coquihalla earlier on Sunday. Environment Canada called for up to 20 cm of snow.