A truck transporting dish soap spilled a portion of its load after it went into a ditch in Hamilton on Tuesday, according to Ontario Provincial Police.
Sgt. Kerry Schmidt confirmed the driver, at the wheel of a transport truck, crashed near the off-ramp from the QEW onto Centennial Parkway North.
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The collision closed the roadway and will take most of the day to clean up.
The driver, who was trapped in his truck for close to two hours, was eventually extricated by EMS and sent to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Rollover:#QEW EB ramp Centennial Pkwy remains closed for clean up of the load of dish detergent.
Driver was trapped in his truck for over 2 hours but sustained only minor injuries before EMS extricated him. pic.twitter.com/zOHAKiIywk— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) July 16, 2019
UPDATE RAMP CLOSURE: #QEW Toronto bound off ramp to Centennial #HamOnt – Off ramp remains closed while crews continue to clean up. Reopening time unknown. ^ag pic.twitter.com/S8RhI8UZuf
— OPP GTA Traffic (@OPP_GTATraffic) July 16, 2019
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