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Oliver Street Collision holds up traffic Friday

The strip of Oliver Street where Eighth Avenue South intersects at the traffic lights was the scene of a multi-vehicle incident Friday.
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The strip of Oliver Street where Eighth Avenue South intersects at the traffic lights was the scene of a multi-vehicle incident Friday evening.

Other motorists using the road (coming in to Williams Lake) were made to detour through the Boitanio Mall parking lot for a time.

At the time of the accident it was raining and the glare of the sun through the rain was extremely bright for anyone traveling toward city-center from the Highway 97 intersection. In this photo the glare from the brilliant sun is glaring from the roof of one of the damaged vehicles.

The Williams Lake RCMP, the ambulance service, the Williams lake Fire Department and numerous first aid and rescue personell were on hand.

There were three police vehicles, a rescue vehicle, a fire truck and numerous First Aid and rescue personnel on hand.