A police cruiser was rear-ended after arriving on scene of a jack-knifed tractor-trailer on Highway 401 in Pickering early Wednesday morning.
The collision happened around 1 a.m. on the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 just east of Whites Road.
A tractor-trailer had hit a centre median and jumped into the express lanes when a police cruiser attending the scene was rear-ended by another vehicle.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was taken to hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the vehicle that slammed into the police car also suffered minor injuries.
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The police officer in the cruiser was not injured.
The express lanes at Port Union Road were closed for the investigation but reopened at 7 a.m.
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