OPP cruiser with lights flashing. (Photo courtesy of @OPP_Hire via Twitter)OPP cruiser with lights flashing. (Photo courtesy of @OPP_Hire via Twitter)
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UPDATE: Eastbound Highway 401 re-opens at Ridgetown

One person is being treated for critical injuries after a crash on Highway 401 near Ridgetown early Thursday morning.

The eastbound lanes are open between Victoria Road and Orford Road, but they were closed for a couple of hours between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. after that collision.

Chatham-Kent paramedics arrived at the scene and transported the patient to a local hospital before the patient was taken by air ambulance to a local trauma centre.

https://twitter.com/OPP_COMM_WR/status/1116282408356257792

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