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Update: Highway 18 west of Estevan is open again

Incident occurred west of Outram, a hamlet about 25 kilometres west of Estevan.
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Highway 18 west of Estevan reopened Friday afternoon.

OUTRAM - A portion of Highway 18 in southeast Saskatchewan has reopened after a motor vehicle incident.

The Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure's Highways Hotline said there was an accident west of Outram and all lanes were closed. Motorists were asked to be prepared to stop. No passing was allowed and police were at the scene. 

People were also asked to follow emergency personnel. 

The highway was shut down for several hours. 

Emergency crews were dispatched to the scene early Friday afternoon. The STARS Air Ambulance issued a tweet saying it had been called to a scene-call emergency in the Outram area. 

SASKTODAY.ca will have more details as they become available. 

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