A Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighter examines a Kia Rio following a car accident involving three vehicles on Departure Bay Road and Norwell Drive on July 17. (Nicholas Pescod/NEWS BULLETIN)

A Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighter examines a Kia Rio following a car accident involving three vehicles on Departure Bay Road and Norwell Drive on July 17. (Nicholas Pescod/NEWS BULLETIN)

Three vehicles collide behind Nanaimo’s Country Club Centre

No one hurt in accident Wednesday morning

  • Jul. 17, 2019 12:00 a.m.

A car accident involving three vehicles caused minor traffic delays near Country Club Centre this morning.

Nanaimo Fire Rescue, Nanaimo RCMP and the B.C. Ambulance Service responded to a three-vehicle motor vehicle incident at the Departure Bay Road and Norwell Drive intersection at approximately 9:30 a.m. The incident involved a GMC Acadia, Kia Rio and older-model Chevrolet pickup.

Westbound traffic on Departure Bay Road was reduced to a single lane near Norwell Drive for roughly an hour as a result of the incident.

Emergency crews told the News Bulletin that two people were checked for injuries on scene but that no one was taken to hospital.

For past coverage of car crashes in Nanaimo, click here.

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