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Transport driver charged after truck drives wrong way down closed Highway 402: OPP

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A 51-year-old transport truck driver from Windsor, Ont., is facing charges under the Highway Traffic Act (HTA) after OPP say a truck drove the wrong way down Highway 402 on Thursday while the highway was closed due to weather.

Middlesex OPP say they received reports of a vehicle travelling eastbound in the westbound lanes of the closed highway around 9 a.m. in Adelaide Metcalfe Township.

“As officers arrived on scene, the transport was observed travelling in the proper direction after completing a multi-point turn after entering the highway from a westbound off-ramp,” police said in a statement.

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A 51-year-old from Windsor faces one charge of driving on a closed highway and one count of driving the wrong way on a divided highway, both under the HTA.

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The accused will appear in traffic court to speak to the charge, police said.

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