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Truck driver ran away from crash on Guelph’s Hanlon Expressway: OPP

OPP say two people were taken to hospital with serious injuries. OPP / Supplied

Wellington County OPP are alleging that a transport truck driver ran away from the scene of a crash on the Hanlon Expressway in Guelph on Sunday night.

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The three-vehicle crash happened in the northbound lanes at Kortright Road at around 5 p.m. with police reporting that the truck rear-ended another vehicle, causing a chain-reaction crash.

OPP say the 25-year-old driver of the transport truck then ran from the scene and was arrested nearby by Guelph police.

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He was then turned over to provincial police as the Hanlon Expressway is within their jurisdiction.

Two people in one of the vehicles were taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Dilpreet Singh, of Brampton, has been charged with two counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm and two counts of failing to stop at the scene of a crash.

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He will make a court appearance in Guelph on Jan. 8.

The crash caused a full closure of the Hanlon Expressway on Sunday night.

Wellington County OPP say investigators are still looking for witnesses. They are asked to call 1-888-310-1122.

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