The eastbound lanes of Highway 401 at Trafalgar Road have reopened in Mississauga following a collision between two transport trucks.
Ontario Provincial Police said the crash happened Thursday morning just underneath Highway 407, only a couple of kilometres west from an earlier collision involving five other vehicles.
Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said the latest collision seemed to be a secondary crash. Police said one person was airlifted to hospital in serious but non-life threatening condition.
“It looks like it was a secondary type of crash because of that slow down and end of queue traffic that was resulting from the delays in the initial clean up involving five vehicles,” Schmidt said.
Police said the earlier collision happened at Winston Churchill Boulevard involving three cars and two transport trucks. Two people were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
There is no word yet on the cause of the initial collision.
“These crashes all appear to be secondary and what that means is that because there is a crash in one area, and people aren’t paying attention to the slow downs and congestion, we now have secondary crashes, which are completed preventable,” Schmidt said.
“The road conditions are beautiful. The sun is shining. The sky is clear and there’s no reason for these collisions to be happening. Spring is coming and this is not the trend we want to have.”
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