An early morning collision on the westbound Highway 401 forced the closure of the Gardiners Road entrance after a serious collision between multiple vehicles.
OPP first put out a tweet regarding the collision just after 1:30 a.m. Wednesday morning informing the public of the closure.
ROAD CLOSURE: #Hwy401 WB between Hwy 38 and County Rd 6 #Kingston – WB lanes closed due to collision. ^kw
— OPPCommunicationsER (@OPP_COMM_ER) October 13, 2021
Kingston police say they helped OPP officers divert traffic, but have no knowledge of injuries or further details. They did, however, confirm that this is a serious collision and traffic is being re-routed.
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Traffic continues to be diverted off of the highway at the westbound Gardiners exit and the entrance remains closed.