4 hospitalized after Coquihalla crash: BCEHS

A B.C. Ambulance Service paramedic wears a uniform while at the central reporting station in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, November 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Four people were hospitalized on Saturday morning after a serious car accident on the Coquihalla Highway, north of Merritt, B.C.

B.C. Emergency Health Services told CTV News that advanced care paramedics and two air ambulances were called to Highway 5 at 8:35 a.m.

“Three patients were transported to hospital in critical condition, including two by air ambulance. Paramedics provided emergency medical care to four patients,” a spokesperson for BCEHS said, in a statement.

BCEHS said the fourth person was transported to hospital in stable condition.

Just before 4 p.m., DriveBC said Highway 5 had reopened in both directions after closures were in effect for much of the day.

CTV News has reached out to RCMP for more information.