UPDATED: 10:30 p.m.
Highway 14 (Sooke Road) is now open to single lane alternating traffic.
The road had been closed earlier this morning after an SUV crashed into a power pole, brining down utility lines in the 5900 block of Sooke Road.
ORIGINAL: 8:00 a.m.
Sooke Road is closed in both directions due to an early morning crash.
#BCHwy14 CLOSED in both directions 5 km west of Gillespie Road in #SookeBC due to vehicle incident. For detour information, see: https://t.co/Lyq79BDtTd
— DriveBC VI (@DriveBC_VI) October 22, 2018
A detour is in effect at Woodland Road and Parkland Road, east of the town.
The incident is 5.3 km west of Gillespie Road.
Expect delays the AM in Saseenos. Single vehicle into a pole with wires down. Alternating traffic in place. Please be careful driving with the thick fog!
— Sooke Fire Chief (@FireChiefSooke) October 22, 2018
More to come…