Drivers are encouraged to take an alternative route if they are on, or are going to be on, Highway 17 in the Lloydminster area. Maidstone RCMP say the road will be closed for several hours after a two vehicle accident. A half-ton truck and a five-ton truck collided about five miles south of Lloydminster around seven o’clock this morning (wed). The driver of the smaller truck was hospitalized; his condition unknown. The driver of the five-ton wasn’t hurt.