Police closed down a stretch of a rural road southeast of London for hours after a big rig slammed into a house Wednesday morning.
A transport truck crashed into an abandoned home near Bradley Avenue at Westchester Bourne, Ontario Provincial Police said. Nobody was inside the home at the time.
The driver of the big rig suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening, police said.
The truck appeared to be travelling east on Bradley Avenue and there were skid marks on the road leading up the crash scene. Part of the two-storey home collapsed from the impact and the truck’s blue cabin was badly damaged.
Investigators closed a section of Bradley Avenue at Westchester Bourne for several hours and announced just before 1:30 p.m. that the intersection had been reopened.
One dead, four injured in Norwich-area collision
A two-vehicle collision near Norwich left one person dead and sent four others to hospital, Oxford OPP say.
A pickup truck and an SUV collided about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Base Line and New Road in Oxford County, police said. That’s about 13 kilometres southeast of Norwich.
The driver of the SUV, a 28-year-old resident of Port Colborne, died at the scene, police said.
Three passengers in the SUV and the driver of the pickup truck were taken to hospital with injuries not deemed life-threatening, police said.
Police closed several roads in the area in the fallout of the collision.
Investigators are looking for anyone who might have information about the collision, including dashboard camera footage. Oxford OPP can be contacted at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers, where tips can be anonymously reported, at 1-800-222-8477.