Two drivers were taken to hospital after three tractor-trailers were involved in a chain-reaction collision on Hwy. 401 near Brighton early Friday morning.
Northumberland OPP say around 12:20 a.m., officers responded to a collision in the eastbound lanes near County Road 26 where road construction was taking place just east of Brighton.
One transport truck rear-ended a transport that had slowed or stopped due to construction, then a second transport collided with the first, OPP said.
Two drivers were taken to Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg, one of them with serious injuries, OPP said.
A driver from Quebec has been charged with careless driving, according to an OPP tweet. No other details have been released.
One of the eastbound lanes reopened around 7 a.m., police said.
All lanes were reopened around 10:40 a.m.
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