Sunday, February 3, 2019 ~ LANGFORD
[Update 11:30 am February 4: one person has died | more details on the collision]
[Update 5:50 pm – The highway will be open again at 6 pm, says City of Langford Engineering]
~ West Shore Voice News
Police are investigating a two-vehicle head-on collision that occurred just after 1 pm today Sunday February 3.
The incident happened on Highway 1 (TCH) near the Leigh Road overpass in Langford.
This is the second such crash in the same stretch of highway in less than a month (another crash occurred on January 8).
- The TCH is closed southbound detouring at the West Shore Parkway. The TCH is closed northbound at Exit 16 the Leigh road overpass.
- The TCH will remain closed for four to six hours due to a motor vehicle accident
- Drivers are asked not to block the roundabout on West Shore Parkway at Amy road
- The City of Langford has opened the Humpback road railway crossing for residents living in the Sooke Lake road, Amy Road Lakehurst areas only. Traffic control personnel are in place. Traffic is single lane alternating. Please use caution, says City of Langford Engineering. “This is NOT a detour for the TCH. It is for local residents only living in the area west of West Shore Parkway and north of the railway.”
This collision resulted in serious life-threatening injuries. A Traffic Reconstructionist along with the West Shore RCMP Traffic Unit and General Duty police officers are working to determine the cause of the collision.
The public is asked to be patient with emergency crews as they work at this location.
Updates will be provided as available. If anyone witnessed this collision and has not yet spoken to the West Shore RCMP please contact the detachment at 250-474-2264 or report anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
January 25: Driver in one of the January 8 MVI vehicles has died
January 8 news report: Two drivers taken to hospital with injuries following head-on crash on Trans Canada near Leigh Road