Highway 401 in Chatham-Kent closed for hours after transport truck carrying turkeys crashes - Action News
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Highway 401 in Chatham-Kent closed for hours after transport truck carrying turkeys crashes

Ontario Provincial Police say the driver of a transport truck involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 401 in Chatham-Kent is in hospital.

Driver taken by air ambulance to trauma centre with 'non-life threatening' injuries, says OPP

A stretch of Highway 401 in Chatham-Kent is shown, with several emergency vehicles, following a single rollover crash involving a transport truck hauling livestock.
A stretch of Highway 401 in Chatham-Kent in southwestern Ontario is shown, with several emergency vehicles, following a single rollover crash involving a transport truck hauling livestock. (Facebook/Hooks & Halligans)

The driver of a transport truck involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 401 in Chatham-Kent early Thursday is in hospital, according to Ontario Provincial Police.

Their injuries are described as "non-life threatening," police said, and the driver was transported to a trauma centre by air ambulance.

The transport truck was hauling turkeyswhen it rolled over around 5:45 a.m. ET, OPP said.

The highway has been closed for several hours, in both directions, between Bloomfield Road and Communication Road.

Police are asking drivers to adjust their routes and avoid the stretch of highway.