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Driver collides ‘head-on’ with transport truck on Hwy. 401 near Napanee

OPP have arrested a driver after a collision on Highway 401 in the early morning hours on Wednesday. Brent Lewin/Getty Images/File

A driver walked away with minor injuries after colliding head-on with a transport truck, according to OPP.

The collision happened in the early morning hours of May 1, just before 1 a.m., in the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 east of Palace Road near Napanee.

Lennox and Addington OPP say a man was driving a pickup truck westbound in the eastbound lanes when it collided with a tractor-trailer.

The driver of the pickup truck, a 38-year-old man from Elginburg, Ont., was arrested at the scene but was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the transport truck was not injured.

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The highway was closed for several hours but has since reopened.

Police are continuing the investigate and say charges are pending.

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