Fiery crash on Highway 401 near Mallorytown
Injuries considered non-life-threatening, OPP say
A pickup truck crashed and caught fire on Highway 401 between Brockville and Mallorytown Wednesday morning, according to Ontario Provincial Police.
The OPP said on social media the single-vehicle crash happened before the westbound off-ramp from the highway to the Thousand Islands Parkway.
The Ministry of Transportation posted around 11 a.m. that all westbound lanes of the highway were closed from the County Road 2 interchange to the Mallorytown interchange.
Police said around 1:15 p.m. that the highway reopened once they learned injuries in the crash were not considered life-threatening.
<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeedsOPP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LeedsOPP</a> currently on scene of a single vehicle collision on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hwy401?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hwy401</a> east of the 1000 Islands Parkway off-ramp in the westbound direction, where the pick-up truck caught fire.<br><br>Both lanes in the westbound direction were closed, but have since re-opened once injuries were… <a href="https://t.co/KWXtcdSq81">pic.twitter.com/KWXtcdSq81</a>
—@OPP_ERThe crash happened about 10 kilometres east of Mallorytown and 65 kilometres east of Kingston.