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Highway 3 in Yellowknife reopens after overturned tanker truck cleared

N.W.T. Highway 3 in Yellowknife has reopened after a tanker truck overturned near the intersection with Deh Cho Boulevard.

Road was closed for hours at intersection with Deh Cho Boulevard

N.W.T. Highway 3 was closed for most of the afternoon at the intersection with Deh Cho Boulevard, where a tanker truck overturned. (Randall McKenzie/CBC)

N.W.T. Highway 3 in Yellowknife has reopened after a tanker truck overturned near the intersection with Deh Cho Boulevard.

The truck overturned at about 12:15 p.m. Monday.RCMP say the driver of the truck did not require medical attention.

The tanker truck has since beenuprighted.

Yellowknife RCMP, Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Yellowknife Airport Fire Department, and the Yellowknife Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services responded.

RCMPsay they are not investigating the rollover but assisted in securing the scene. They also used a drone to conduct a scene survey to help the departments of Transportation and ENR.

An RCMP Unmanned Aerial Vehicle took this image of a tanker truck rolled over on N.W.T. Highway 3 in Yellowknife Monday afternoon. (Yellowknife RCMP)