Ingraham Trail reopens to traffic after 2 tractor trailer accidents Thursday

The IngrahamTrail in Yellowknife has reopenedto traffic after two separate incidents with tractor trailers Thursday afternoon.

Nancy Zimmerman, a spokesperson for the Department of Infrastructure, said onetook place near Prelude Lake on Highway 4.

The tractor trailer flipped on its side across the highway and is stuck.

The other was a few kilometres away. That vehicle crashed and was leaking fuel.

No injuries have been reported.

The Infrastructure Department announced the highway was open to traffic shortly after 5:30 p.m. MT.

The Ingraham Trail is busier than usualwith large trucks this year, as they deliver 10,000 truckloads worth of supplies to the diamond mines ontheTibbitttoContwoytowinter road.