Truck driver charged with careless driving after rollover on Ontario Highway 427
by The Canadian Press
The single-vehicle crash injured two and forced the highway to close for several hours as crews cleaned up the wreckage. It follows a deadly collision on Highway 400 this week that led police to issue a stern warning to truckers over safety
TORONTO—A 56-year-old truck driver has been charged with careless driving after a tractor trailer rollover on a Toronto highway Nov. 3.
OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says the single-vehicle crash occurred on a Highway 427 off-ramp around 3:30 a.m.
He says two people who were in the truck have been taken to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
Schmidt says a portion of the highway will be closed for several hours as crews clean up the wreckage that includes the load of strawberries the tractor trailer was carrying.
Ramp closure #Hwy427 SB to Dundas St.
Single CMV rollover, transport hauling produce.
Two people to hospital with minor injuries pic.twitter.com/emYVpbB75s— Sgt Kerry Schmidt (@OPP_HSD) 3 November 2017
The crash comes a few days after a fiery collision on Highway 400 north of Toronto that killed three people.
In that crash, OPP Commissioner Vince Hawkes appeared to blame the driver of a transport truck he said collided with a group of vehicles that had slowed for another collision.
