(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) – Just before 2:00 p.m. Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Lucknow Fire Department personnel responded to a single motor collision at the intersection of Dungannon Road and Division Line.
The involved tractor-trailer unit overturned and a portion of the chemicals on board leaked from the tanker trailer. The spilt chemicals are a liquid herbicide and a liquid fertilizer.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was uninjured.
Huron OPP has blocked off access to the area at the following points:
To the north at Hawkins Road and Division Line
To the south at Glen’s Hill Road and Division Line
To the east at Lanesville Line and Dungannon Road
To the west at Bluewater Veteran’s Highway and Dungannon Road.
The Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has been contacted about the spill. The cause of the collision is under investigation.
Dungannon Road at Division Line will remain closed until the truck and trailer can be safely removed.
Please take alternate routes to avoid delays.