A multi-vehicle crash has claimed a life on Highway 401.

OPP say the crash occurred just before 9 a.m. Saturday morning along a stretch of the eastbound highway lanes in Chatham, near Victoria Road.

One person died as a result of the crash, another was trapped in a vehicle for more than an hour.

All eastbound lanes were closed in the aftermath.

Police said it would be several hours before the road was cleared.

With files from The Canadian Press