EAST BOUND 401 CLOSED DUE TO ACCIDENT INVOLVING A TRACTOR TRAILER AND POLICE VEHICLE

(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) -Update on the motor vehicle collision involving a tractor trailer and Chatham-Kent police vehicle. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is on scene investigating a motor vehicle collision involving an unmarked Chatham-kent police vehicle and a tractor trailer. The collision occurred on the 401 East Bound lane approximately one kilometer east of the Comber exit.

Two Chatham-Kent police officers were conducting a motor vehicle stop on the east bound lane of highway 401.The officers were speaking to the driver of the stopped vehicle on the shoulder of the highway, a tractor trailer traveling east bound on the 401 slammed into the rear of the unmarked police vehicle causing extensive damage.

One of the officers was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries; the other officer was treated at the scene.

East bound 401 will be closed at the Comber exit to the Tilbury exit during police investigation.

Charges’ pending as investigation continues.

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