A man is dead after an SUV and Transport truck collided on Highway 401 in Bowmanville early Saturday morning.
OPP confirm a 38 year old Trenton man died when his SUV collided head on with the truck near Bennet Road around 3a.m.
The SUV was driving the wrong way on the east bound lanes of the 401 when it collided with the truck.
According to OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt, the vehicle was travelling at “highway speeds” at the time.
It remains unclear how the driver ended up headed in the wrong direction, though police did recieve multiple calls prior to the crash.
“We have our OPP Highway Safety Division investigating along with our traffic unit and our crime unit,” Schmidt said in a video posted to Twitter on Saturday morning. “Any witnesses are asked to call the OPP’s Whitby detachment.”
All eastbound lanes on Highway 401 were closed between Liberty Street and Bennet Road as police investigated the collision.
The eastbound lanes of Highway 401 have since reopened.
with files from CP24