A stretch of highway 401 through Milton was closed for more than seven hours Wednesday following a fatal crash involving two transport trucks.
Westbound lanes of Hwy 401 were closed between Trafalgar Rd and James Snow Parkway from about midnight until roughly 7:30 a.m.
OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt explains that one truck rear-ended another.
"The transports were travelling slowly due to construction further up the road and the rear transport truck slammed into the back of the last one in the line, killing the driver in that last transport truck," Schmidt says.
One truck involved was carrying groceries with empty crates in the other.
The driver of the transport truck that was rear-ended was taken to hospital with minor injuries. Debris from the crash hit a passing passenger vehicle but no one inside was hurt.