Hwy. 401 crash near Woodstock that seriously injures the driver and disrupts traffic for hours

One person was taken to hospital with serious injuries in a rollover crash near Woodstock, Ont., on Sunday morning. that caused a gridlock along Hwy. 401 for hours.

The single-vehicle crash happened around 7 a.m. along the westbound lanes of the highway between Sweaburg Road and Dodge Line.

A photo posted to social media by the OPP shows an overturned tractor trailer being pulled from the highway’s northern ditch by two heavy-duty tow trucks.

Details about the incident were limited and the OPP did not return a request for comment on Sunday.

A line of vehicles stretches more than two miles along the westbound lanes of Hwy. 401 near Woodstock around 4:30 PM on November 3, 2024, the result of a serious collision that occurred around 7:00 AM (Ontario Ministry of Transportation)

The driver of the truck was taken to a local hospital for serious injuries, police said shortly before 8 a.m. Their current condition is not clear.

The collision caused significant delays along the westbound lanes of the highway until late afternoon.