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401 And 427 Accident Today: An Ontario Transport Truck Is Leaking Diesel All Over Highway 427

A very shocking and serious accident happened on northbound Highway 427 approaching the 401 where a truck carrying diesel rolled over on the mid-noon of Tuesday which caused fuel to leak onto the roadway. The 401 And 427 Accident Today was too dangerous and serious by which the people who were indulged and involved in the accident got minor injuries but it causes a huge jam and traffic on all over the area and the accident is still under the investigation and the firefighter and the emergency services were arrived and reached the spot and started finding and clearing all the traffic with clearing all the damages of the vehicles which occurred and scattered on all over the area. The police officials and the emergency services also reached at the spot and started their investigation about the accident with their full force. Be with our page and blog to collect and grasp all the information and details about the accident.

401 And 427 Accident Today Updates

The accident happened on Highway 427 approaching the ramp to the westbound 401 and the OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt posted a video online of the crash scene which showed diesel flowing out of the tanker truck. In addition to this, he stated that they currently have all lanes blocked and all traffic 427 northbound is going to get forced off and will be forced to 401 eastbound by which there is no access to the westbound lanes. The crew members and the accident responders were working to prevent the leak and the rest of the diesel was transferred to another vehicle very soon.

401 And 427 Accident Today

The video is posted on the Twitter handle at around 3:45 PM where Schmidt stated that fuel was still leaking and pump trucks were working to collect the fuel it also shows dams placed at the scene in a bid to contain the diesel. The crews were anticipating for equipment to get on the spot that would allow them to drill a hole in the top of the fuel tanker and offload the rest of the diesel into a replacement truck and there is no word on what caused the collision.

After that, an update comes around 9:15 PM about the accident then the police stated that the northbound ramp of Highway 427 to Highway 401 westbound remained closed and the motorists are requested to take another route for avoiding the jammed has occurred on the spot by 401 And 427 Accident Today. Stay tuned with us for more updates and information about the accident.

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