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VIDEO: Crash closes TCH northbound lanes near Bench Tuesday afternoon

There is no word yet on whether anyone was injured.
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Two vehicles are loaded onto a tow truck following a crash in the northbound lanes of the TCH Tuesday afternoon. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)

A crash on the Trans Canada Highway near Bench Road closed the northbound lanes for a time Tuesday afternoon.

A witness reported that three vehicles may have been involved in the accident, which took place around 4:30 p.m. The highway was packed with midsummer traffic.

Police and fire personnel attended the scene.

By 5 p.m. vehicles involved in the crash had been loaded onto a tow truck.

There is no word yet on whether anyone was injured.

More as it becomes available.



Andrea Rondeau

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