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Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Westbound lanes of Hwy. 402 reopen after crash causes acid spill
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say Highway 402 westbound near Strathroy has reopened Friday morning after a serious crash led to a chemical spill earlier in the week. The crash between a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle happened Wednesday, after 1 p.m. ET police said. Crews who responded found material leaking from the tractor-trailer that was carrying approximately 45,000 litres of monochloroacetic acid. About 100 litres of the acid was spilled, the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks told CBC News in a statement. The westbound lanes of hwy. 402 between Centre Road and Kerwood Road were closed Wednesday and Thursday as hazmat crews worked to clean up the spill. The roads reopened early Friday morning, according to a post published by police on X at 1:45 a.m. The driver of a passenger vehicle cut off the tractor-trailer and the truck ended up in the ditch. No one was seriously injured in the crash, police said.


National Post
03-07-2025
- National Post
Crash spills 45,000 litres of acid, closes Hwy. 402 lanes: OPP
Article content Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Ed Sanchuk said it was about 1 p.m. on Wednesday when a passenger vehicle 'cut off' a transport truck, which crashed into the ditch. He said there were no serious injuries but the big rig was carrying 45,000 litres of monochloroacetic acid. Article content Article content Crash closes #Hwy402 between Centre Road and Kerwood Road in #Strathroy after a passenger vehicle and transport truck were involved in collision. #OPP will have the highway closed until tomorrow morning till 8AM. Please take alternate routes. Updates to follow. #WROPP ^es — OPP West Region (@OPP_WR) July 3, 2025 Article content The westbound lanes of the 402 were closed between Centre Road and Kerwood Road – west of London, near Strathroy – and were expected to open at some point on Thursday afternoon. Article content Article content Police asked the public for help finding Cory Robert Fowler, 42, on Wednesday and released his photo. Article content Fowler is now in custody, police said Thursday. Article content Investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Fowler following an investigation that started in April when a woman contacted police. Article content The woman became involved in sex work in October 2023 after meeting a man online, police said. Article content The man, who advertised the woman's services on the internet, assaulted the woman at an Exeter Road hotel during an argument over the woman leaving the arrangement, police said. Article content Fowler is charged with trafficking a person under 18, financial or material benefit of trafficking a person under 18, financial or material benefit from sexual services provided by a person under 18, procuring a person under 18, advertising another person's sexual services and assault.