HOPE - Hundreds of bottles of wine were spilled over Highway 1 near Hope Wednesday night after a crash between two semi-trucks.

RCMP say it took 10 hours to clean up the mess before the highway could be reopened.

Fraser Valley Traffic Services and Hope RCMP were called to the scene at around 9 p.m.

Police say a 30-year-old Abbotsford man was driving a Kenworth semi-trailer loaded with wine, travelling eastbound on the highway, when he lost control and drove through the centre median.

His vehicle continued to cross over the westbound lanes when it was struck broadside by a Freightliner semi-trailer loaded with pulp and driven by a 57-year-old man from Delta.

Cpl. Robert McDonald, a spokesman for RCMP Traffic Services, said neither driver was injured.

The driver of the wine truck has been charged with driving without care and attention.

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