Ontario Provincial Police in Chatham-Kent closed the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 on Thursday following a two-vehicle collision that sent three people to hospital, including one with life-threatening injuries.
The crash occurred around 9:36 a.m. along the eastbound lanes of the highway just west of the Bloomfield Road interchange, and involved a small car and a pickup truck that had been towing an ATV, police said.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation, and police say the driver and lone occupant of the small car was airlifted from the scene to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The two occupants of the truck were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Few other details have been made public by the OPP.
The eastbound lanes of Highway 401 were closed for several hours for cleanup and investigation, but reopened around 2:30 p.m.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the OPP or Crime Stoppers.