VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 30 (Reuters) - Emergency crews searched on Wednesday to make sure no people or vehicles were buried in a landslide that closed a Canadian highway that will play a key role in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Tons of rock, with boulders described as the size of a large truck, fell on the Sea to Sky highway south of Squamish, British Columbia, blocking the road that is the only direct link between Vancouver and the ski resort of Whistler. No injuries or deaths were reported in the slide, which happened late Tuesday, but the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said a search crew with dogs was patrolling the site to make sure no one was trapped under the debris. The road is normally very busy during the day and will be the major transportation route for spectators and athletes headed to Whistler, where alpine skiing and several other events will be held during the 2010 Olympics. The highway is undergoing an upgrade costing nearly C$800 million ($782 million) in advance of the Games, but officials said there was no road work being done in the immediate area of the slide, which also buried an adjacent Canadian National Railway <CNR.TO> line. Engineering crews were trying to determine how to remove the huge rocks and debris, but local media were reporting the highway might be closed for at least two days. Vancouver and Whistler are about 125 km (80 miles) apart via the Sea to Sky highway, but with the road closed drivers are forced to use an alternative route of about 450 km (280 miles). (Reporting Allan Dowd, editing by Rob Wilson)
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