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Police accidental they are responding to a collision southbound of Whitehorse that near 1 dormant and different injured.
The road is temporarily closed
CBC News
· Posted: Jun 13, 2025 1:32 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
The RCMP is responding to a fatal collision southbound of Whitehorse that near 1 dormant and different injured.
The collision happened near Lewes River bridge, known locally arsenic the bluish bridge.
The road is closed, and volition reopen yet to azygous lane postulation "shortly," constabulary say.
Sgt. Calista MacLeod said the clang happened astir three kilometres southbound of the bridge.
She said crews with the Department of Highways and Public Works are present connected country with a aviator car.
MacLeod had constricted accusation to stock connected the crash. Details astir the radical progressive aren't yet known.
"This is precise aboriginal times successful the investigation," she said.
"Our heartfelt condolences to each those affected by this tragedy."
Yukoners have for years demanded that the territorial government improve roadworthy information connected and adjacent the bridge.
In 2020, a multi-vehicle clang killed Yukoner Travis Richard Adams and Nicole Sanderson.
There was another clang astatine the bridge past year. A pickup motortruck hauling a trailer loaded with vehicles went into the h2o nearby. While 1 antheral escaped, the other, Knate Ostenso, was missing for weeks. Police aboriginal recovered him dead.
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