Hwy. 401 westbound reopens outside Cambridge, Ont. following crash

Police have reopened a section of Highway 401 westbound between Woodstock and Cambridge after a crash involving a transport truck and an Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) vehicle resulted in a closure.

Police have reopened a section of Highway 401 westbound between Woodstock and Cambridge after a crash involving a transport truck and an Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) vehicle resulted in a closure.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) told CTV that the crash happened at around 8 a.m., and that one person has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. 

According to OPP, the person who has life-threatening injuries is the driver of the MTO vehicle. There was another MTO worker in that vehicle and they suffered minor injuries. 

The transport driver also suffered minor injuries.

On Friday afternoon, Ontario 511 showed all westbound lanes closed between Cedar Creek Road and Oxford Road 29.

In a message to CTV around 11 p.m., Ontario 511 indicated that all lanes had reopened.

Traffic was being rerouted onto Cedar Creek Road.