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Hwy. 401 crash near Woodstock seriously injures driver, snarls traffic for hours

One person was taken to hospital with serious injuries on Sunday morning in a roll-over crash near Woodstock, Ont., that caused gridlock along Hwy. 401 for hours.

Transport truck driver hospitalized with serious injuries, OPP say

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A transport truck rests on its roof in a ditch along the westbound 401 west of Mill Street/Sweaburg Road in Woodstock, Ont., on the morning of Nov. 3, 2024. The driver and lone occupant was taken to hospital for serious injuries.
A transport truck rests on its roof in a ditch along the westbound 401 west of Mill Street/Sweaburg Road in Woodstock, Ont., on the morning of Nov. 3, 2024. The driver and lone occupant was taken to hospital for serious injuries. (Handout/Ontario Provincial Police)

One person was taken to hospital with serious injuries on Sunday morning in a roll-over crash near Woodstock, Ont. that caused gridlock along Hwy. 401 for hours.

The single-vehicle crash happened around 7 a.m. along the westbound lanes of the highway between Sweaburg Road and Dodge Line.

A photo posted on social media by the OPP shows an overturned tractor trailer being winched out of the highway's north ditch by two heavy-duty tow trucks.

Details about the incident were limited, and the OPP did not return a request for comment on Sunday.

A line of vehicles stretches back more than two kilometres along the westbound lanes of Hwy. 401 near Woodstock around 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 3, 2024, the result of a serious collision that occurred around 7 a.m.
A line of vehicles stretches back more than two kilometres along the westbound lanes of Hwy. 401 near Woodstock around 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 3, 2024, the result of a serious collision that occurred around 7 a.m. (Ontario Ministry of Transportation)

The driver of the truck was taken to a local hospital for serious injuries, police said shortly before 8 a.m. Their current condition is not clear.

The collision caused significant delays along the westbound lanes of the highway into the late afternoon.

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