Careless driving charge laid after 3-vehicle collision on Highway 400 involving transport & dump truck

One motorist has been charged with careless driving after cutting in front of a southbound transport truck and causing a three-vehicle collision on Tuesday morning along Highway 400.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said the collision happened south of Barrie and caused "significant problems."

According to police at the scene, the truck attempted to avoid a two-car collision in the left lane when one of the vehicles pulled out, causing the transport truck to crash into it. It then plowed through the steel centre median and crossed the northbound lanes, colliding with a dump truck.

Steel guardrails are significantly damaged following a collision along Highway 400 north near Highway 89 in Innisfil, Ont., on Tues., March 12, 2024. (Source: OPP/X)

The collision caused the dump truck to crash into the guardrail, and the transport truck went into the ditch, coming to rest in a wooded area along the highway.

A transport truck crashes into a wooded area along Highway 400 north near Highway 89 in Innisfil, Ont., on Tues., March 12, 2024. (Source: OPP/X)

No serious injuries have been reported.

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Traffic through the area in both directions was impacted while crews worked to remove the commercial vehicles and clean up the road.

Repairs on the damaged section of guardrail are expected to take several hours, requiring the left lanes in both directions to be closed for crews to work.