Two vehicles are loaded onto a tow truck following a crash in the northbound lanes of the TCH Tuesday afternoon. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)

Two vehicles are loaded onto a tow truck following a crash in the northbound lanes of the TCH Tuesday afternoon. (Lexi Bainas/Citizen)

VIDEO: Crash closes TCH northbound lanes near Bench Tuesday afternoon

There is no word yet on whether anyone was injured.

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.

Bench crash

There is no word yet on whether anyone was injured.

More as it becomes available.

Cowichan Valley Citizen