A 73-year-old man from Burlington is dead and another man is in hospital with serious injuries after a single-vehicle crash at the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge near the U.S. border, according to Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).
In a Twitter post, OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt shared news of the Highway 405 crash just after 3 p.m. on Wednesday.
According to Schmidt, the 74-year-old passenger in the vehicle, also from Burlington, was sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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The crash tied up lanes at the border for a period of time as travellers heading to the U.S. had to use the commercial vehicle lanes, police say.
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