INGLESIDE – A collision involving a tractor trailer closed the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 near Ingleside Thursday morning.
A witness tells Cornwall Newswatch the crash involved a tractor trailer and a car and the injuries appeared to be serious.
The eastbound lanes were closed at Dickenson Drive but have since reopened (as of 10:10 a.m.). Westbound traffic was unaffected.
CLEARED: COLLISION: #Hwy401 EB at Dickinson Dr #Ingleside – Highway has been reopened. ^jt
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It’s the third occurrence of crashes closing sections of the MacDonald-Cartier Freeway in Eastern Ontario in as many days.
A crash Wednesday in the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 near Boundary Road closed that section of road for the morning before it opened after the lunch hour.