UPDATE: Multi-vehicle crash cleared on Trans-Canada Highway in Saanich

Drivers headed into Victoria on the Trans-Canada Highway face a detour after a Wednesday morning crash near Tillicum Road. (Black Press Media photo)Drivers headed into Victoria on the Trans-Canada Highway face a detour after a Wednesday morning crash near Tillicum Road. (Black Press Media photo)
Drivers headed into Victoria on the Trans-Canada Highway face a detour after a Wednesday morning crash near Tillicum Road. (Black Press Media photo)
Drivers headed into Victoria on the Trans-Canada Highway face a detour after a Wednesday morning crash near Tillicum Road. (Black Press Media photo)Drivers headed into Victoria on the Trans-Canada Highway face a detour after a Wednesday morning crash near Tillicum Road. (Black Press Media photo)
The traffic congestion viewed from the McKenzie Avenue camera on Drive BC after a crash on the Trans-Canada Highway Wednesday (Aug. 17). (DriveBC traffic camera)The traffic congestion viewed from the McKenzie Avenue camera on Drive BC after a crash on the Trans-Canada Highway Wednesday (Aug. 17). (DriveBC traffic camera)
Drivers headed into Victoria on the Trans-Canada Highway face a detour after a Wednesday morning crash near Tillicum Road. (Drive BC screenshot)Drivers headed into Victoria on the Trans-Canada Highway face a detour after a Wednesday morning crash near Tillicum Road. (Drive BC screenshot)

A three-vehicle crash briefly closed the southbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway near Tillicum Road Wednesday morning.

Saanich police diverted traffic onto Tillicum after a rear-end collision on Aug. 17 around 8 a.m. The lanes fully reopened around 9 a.m. At least one minor injury was reported.

The cause for the collision remains under investigation.

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