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Chemical spill after tractor trailer crash shuts down Hwy. 402 lanes west of London, Ont.

The OPP said no one was injured in the Wednesday collision involving the truck carrying industrial acid. A stretch of the highway’s westbound lanes are expected to be closed until early Thursday.

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OPP Sgt. Ed Sanchuk said in a video statement that “public safety concerns and health concerns” about the spill prompted the shutdown of a stretch of Hwy. 402 west of London, Ont.


Health and safety concerns about a chemical spill following a tractor trailer crash have shut down lanes on Highway 402 west of London, Ont.

Police responded to the collision between a tractor trailer and a passenger vehicle about 45 kilometres west of London, just after 1 p.m. Wednesday, the OPP said in a news release.

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Daniel Opasinis

Daniel Opasinis is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½. 

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