Dairy truck rollover leads to spilled milk on Hwy. 416
Driver suffered minor injuries, highway lane closed
Jugs of milk littered a stretch of Highway 416 Saturday morning after a transport truck rolled over south of the intersection with Roger Stevens Drive.
Fire crews, police and paramedics were all called to the scene of the crash, which happened around 6:30 a.m.
Photos of the crash show hundreds of crates and milk jugs on the highway, many of them leaking out onto the road.
@OttFire Firefighters assessed & treated the single occupant who was able to get out of the vehicle on their own. Patient care was transferred to @OttawaParamedic. Firefighters contained the leaks & Tech Rescue crews helped move the front of the truck to open traffic. #OttNews pic.twitter.com/z5rnAL5NzP
—@OttFire
The driver suffered minor injuries and was able to get out of the truck without help. He was then taken to hospital by paramedics.
Fire crews worked to contain a fuel leakand helped direct traffic, while Ontario Provincial Policeclosed the southbound lanes of Highway 416 near the crash.
ROAD CLOSURE: #Hwy416 SB at Roger Stevens Dr #Ottawa: Roadway closed following a collision. #OPP on scene. ^aw
—@OPP_COMM_ER
"It's not a hazard. But for safety reasons, everything has to be cleaned up before it's safeto reopen the highway," saidSgt. Cynthia Savard.
OPP reopened the highway at around 4 p.m.
Corrections
- A previous version of this story incorrectly said Roger Stevens Drive was closed.Apr 23, 2022 3:23 PM ET