OPP say Highway 401 now open after 'thousands of litres of fuel' spilled near Windsor, Ont.
No injuries were sustained at the rollover in Tilbury, Ont.
All westbound lanes of Highway 401 in Tilbury, Ont., have reopened following a fuel spill that shut down the highway for about 17 hours.
The closure affected traffic between Exit 56 at Essex County Road 42 and Exit 48 at Highway 77 (Comber Side Road). According to Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the incident occurred around 3 a.m. Sunday when a tanker truck carrying fuel overturned.
ALL westbound lanes of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hwy401?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hwy401</a> are now OPEN between County Road 42 and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hwy77?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hwy77</a> (Comber Side Road) west of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tilbury?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tilbury</a>. Approximately 20 thousand litres of fuel spilled after a fuel tanker rolled over. No injuries were reported. Investigation ongoing . <a href="https://twitter.com/EssexCountyON?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EssexCountyON</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WROPP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WROPP</a> ^es <a href="https://t.co/B8ZOKzGzaN">pic.twitter.com/B8ZOKzGzaN</a>
—@OPP_WRSgt. Ed Sanchuk of the OPP said the truck spilled approximately 20,000 litres of fuel. Emergency crews, including the Ministry of the Environment and cleanup teams, were on-site to manage the spill and ensure environmental safety.
"The good news out of this, the driver was not injured," Sgt. Ed Sanchuk said in a Sunday social media post.
"The bad news, thousands of litres of fuel has spilled into the roadways into a nearby ditch."
The investigation is ongoing, and police are asking anyone with dash cam footage from the area at the time of the incident to come forward.