InQuinte.ca | UPDATE - Highway 401 Westbound Closed West of Port Hope on Sunday Morning

Rollover, collision with deer close highway lanes, send two to hospital east of Oshawa

Police were busy Sunday with two accidents on westbound Highway 401, with a driver in a single-vehicle rollover airlifted to a trauma centre with critical injuries and a motorcyclist who collided with a deer also taken to hospital with serious injuries. The collision between the rider and the deer happened near the Mill Street exit at Newcastle with the motorcyclist taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries. Detours were i…

Separate crashes on Highway 401 in Durham leave two people injured

OPP are investigating two separate crashes on Highway 401 in Durham that caused traffic chaos. Both happened in the westbound lanes on Sunday. Police say

InQuinte.ca | UPDATE - Highway 401 westbound closed west of Port Hope on Sunday morning

UPDATE at 10:30 am Sunday - original crash was a single vehicle collision at 4:45 am likely closer to Newtonville. Whitby OPP are the lead agency with Northumberland OPP assisting. One person was airlifted to a trauma centre in Toronto with critical injuries following the crash. They hope to have the westbound 401 lanes at exit 457 (west of Port Hope) reopened shorty after 11 am. ORIGINAL STORY - Expect major delays if you are headed west to Tor…