(South Stormont) – Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers are presently (February 3, 2015) at the scene of a two (2) vehicle collision which occurred at approximately 6:00am on Highway 401, South Stormont Township. A tractor-trailer unit and a passenger vehicle collided resulting in two (2) adult male occupants in the passenger vehicle receiving fatal injuries. The adult male driver of the tractor-trailer was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
A section of Highway 401 eastbound lanes are closed to traffic between McConnell Avenue and Boundary Road. An Emergency Detour Route (EDR) is in place.
SD&G OPP officers are also tending to several other collisions on Highway 401 due to adverse road conditions. Please drive cautiously!