The westbound lanes of Highway 401 will be shut down until at least 12 p.m. today after a fatal tractor-trailer crash.
The single vehicle crash happened around 1:20 a.m. on the 401 near Charing Cross Road.
Chatham-Kent OPP said a tractor-trailer headed east on the 401 drove through the median, spilling its load of paper products across the westbound lanes, before crashing into the north ditch.
The driver, a 56-year-old man from Lockport, New York, was later pronounced dead at hospital. An autopsy is scheduled.
The clean-up continues and OPP technical collision investigators are on scene. The westbound 401 at Highway 40, which is exit 90, will be closed until around noon.
Fatal tractor trailer crash on Highway 401
