Oxford County Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a two-vehicle collision involving a prisoner transport van.
Police were called to to the scene of a crash in the eastbound lanes of Highway 401, west of Sweaburg Road in South-West Oxford Township at around 4 p.m. on Friday.
According to the media release, a van travelling in the shoulder lane slowed down due to traffic and was rear-ended by a tractor trailer.
The van was a Ministry of Correctional Services prisoner transport vehicle and had three correctional officers and one adult male prisoner in the vehicle.
The prisoner was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries while two male correctional officers were transported to area hospital with minor injuries. The third correctional officer – a female – and the adult male driver of the transport truck were not injured.
Police are still investigating and charges are currently pending.
Anyone who may have witnessed the collision and has not yet spoken to police is asked to contact Oxford County OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
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