Traffic Incident at Frederick and 11th Closed roads over noon hour

The Prince Rupert RCMP issued a rare advisory over their social media stream on Thursday morning advising motorists to avoid the 11th Avenue East and Frederick Street area, that owing to a motor vehicle incident.

The location of a traffic incident that closed streets on the city's east side

In addition to the RCMP members on the scene, the call for service brought First Responders from the Prince Rupert Fire Hall and those of BC Ambulance.

The incident lasted into 1 PM before the RCMP issued the all clear and traffic resumed on the two streets, no further details have been released towards it.

Conditions through the day today have seen very heavy rain in the region, particularly during the period of time that the east side incident has taken place.

Should the RCMP detachment add to the information on the incident we'll update this story.

More notes related to the work of Emergency reponders can be reviewed here.