Saanich highway traffic ‘significantly impacted’ after truck overturns

A truck overturned near the Quadra Street off-ramp on Highway 17. (Screenshot/@ChillAsHellYYJ/Twitter)A truck overturned near the Quadra Street off-ramp on Highway 17. (Screenshot/@ChillAsHellYYJ/Twitter)
A truck overturned near the Quadra Street off-ramp on Highway 17. (Saanich Police)A truck overturned near the Quadra Street off-ramp on Highway 17. (Saanich Police)

Saanich police say Highway 17 going southbound is now clear after a truck overturned Wednesday (Sept. 27).

“Traffic alert: The S/B lanes of Hwy 17 will be diverted onto the Royal Oak exit as we attend a single-vehicle collision near the Quadra St off-ramp,” reads a Saanich police post on social media.

“Southbound traffic will be significantly impacted until crews can remove the commercial vehicle, which has turned over.”

No word on injuries.

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