Image: DriveBC / Highway 5 about 11 km east of Hope at Othello, looking north, Thursday morning.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Highway closure

Coquihalla Highway closed between Hope and Merritt Thursday morning

Mar 12, 2026 | 7:07 AM

UPDATE, 7:41 A.M.: In addition to the closure of the Coquihalla, DriveBC now says Highway 5A is closed in both directions at Allison Lake, B.C., between Princeton and Aspen Grove, due to a multi-vehicle incident involving semi-trucks.

Original story:

CLOSED – #BCHwy5A is closed in both directions at #AllisonLakeBC, between #PrincetonBC and #AspenGrove due to a multi-vehicle incident involving semis.#MerrittPrincetonHwy

COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY — The Coquihalla Highway remains closed Thursday morning at Othello Road just outside Hope due to an unspecified vehicle incident.

DriveBC first reported of a vehicle incident on the Coquihalla Highway at Othello Road between Hope and Merritt at around 10 p.m. Wednesday (March 11), while hydro lines were reportedly down on the Trans Canada Highway from Hope to Boston Bar shortly after midnight Thursday (March 12).

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Highway 1 is now open between Hope and Boston Bar in both directions.

While a winter storm warning is no longer in effect for the stretch of the Coquihalla, DriveBC has a travel advisory in place Thursday due to heavy snowfall and high winds.

In Hope, over 3,800 are without power as of Thursday morning.