Hwy. 401 crash near Woodstock seriously injures driver, snarls traffic for hours | CBC News

One person was taken to hospital with serious injuries on Sunday morning in a roll-over crash near Woodstock, Ont. that caused gridlock along Hwy. 401 for hours.

The single-vehicle crash happened around 7 a.m. along the westbound lanes of the highway between Sweaburg Road and Dodge Line.

A photo posted on social media by the OPP shows an overturned tractor trailer being winched out of the highway’s north ditch by two heavy-duty tow trucks.

Details about the incident were limited, and the OPP did not return a request for comment on Sunday.

The driver of the truck was taken to a local hospital for serious injuries, police said shortly before 8 a.m. Their current condition is not clear.

The collision caused significant delays along the westbound lanes of the highway into the late afternoon.