Highway 2 northbound reopens hours after several semi-trailers crash near Bowden

A series of crashes involving semis closed the northbound lanes for several hours

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Caption: Northbound Highway 2 was closed for hours Thursday at Bowden after several semi-tractors jackknifed. (Justin Pennell/CBC)

The northbound lanes of Highway 2 near Bowden are back open after a series of crashes involving semi-tractors forced the closure for several hours Thursday morning.
Icy roads are being blamed for the crashes, which involved up to five semis.
Northbound traffic was diverted onto Highway 2A.

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Shortly after 2:30 a.m., RCMP received the first call of a semi unit that had jackknifed.
Several other semi units also crashed.