Two incidents involving transport trucks along Highway 401 forced the closure of westbound lanes between Kingston and Odessa on Friday morning, according to OPP.
Emergency crews were first called to the highway between County Road 38 and County Road 6 due to a tractor-trailer fire early Friday.
The westbound lanes were reduced to one lane just before 2 a.m. after a transport hauling cars went up in flames.
Loyalist Township firefighters say they have since left the highway but OPP remain on scene.
Emergency crews were once again called to a crash on the highway involving two transports and a car just before Wilton Road before 7 a.m. on Friday.
Emergency workers said they need to free at least one person who was trapped in a vehicle.
Police say the crash occurred when a transport truck collided with the rear of another transport truck that was stopped in a traffic queue. The driver of the moving tractor trailer sustained serious injuries and was transported to hospital by paramedics.
OPP say the westbound lanes reopened just after 4 p.m. Friday.
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