Driver dies after transport truck falls through road in southwestern Ontario
One person has died after the transport truck they were driving fell through a road in southwest Middlesex County on Wednesday night.
Emergency crews were called to Dundonald Road just after 10 p.m. for a reported single vehicle collision.
In a video posted to Twitter Thursday morning, Provincial Const. Jeff Hare said that a transport truck had fallen through the road.
“Unfortunately, the driver succumbed to his injuries at the scene,” he said.
The driver has been identified only as a 59-year-old from Mississauga, Ont.
While the investigation is ongoing, Hare noted that the crash came as the region experienced heavy rainfall.
<a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/MiddlesexOPP?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#MiddlesexOPP
<a href=«https://twitter.com/MLPS911?ref_src=» https:>@MLPS911 & <a href=«https://twitter.com/SouthwestMiddl1?ref_src=» https:>@SouthwestMiddl1 fire responded to a single veh collision on Dundonald Rd last night. Unfortunately, the driver died as a result of injuries sustained in the collision. Road to be closed for the next while as <a href=«https://twitter.com/CountyMiddlesex?ref_src=» https:>@CountyMiddlesex crews work to repair ^jh pic.twitter.com/EXSaG6tIlc
— OPP West Region (@OPP_WR) <a href=«https://twitter.com/OPP_WR/status/1694695003988042006?ref_src=» https:>August 24, 2023
Hare explained that due to “unprecedented storms” that came through the area, “the flooding, according to what some people are saying around here, was monumental.”
Some parts of southwestern Ontario were under various special weather statements and severe thunderstorm warnings on Wednesday as large amounts of rain fell throughout the day.
Dundonald Road will be closed between Buttonwood Drive and Carolinian Drive for the next
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