Three drivers lucky to be alive after fiery QEW crash

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Posted August 4, 2016 4:55 pm.

Last Updated August 5, 2016 6:22 am.

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Three people are lucky to be alive following a fiery crash on the QEW in Stoney Creek on Thursday.

Amateur video showed three vehicles on fire at the side of the highway near Fruitland Road around 4 p.m.

Two tractor-trailers and a pickup truck were involved in the crash.

One of the trucks suffered a tire failure, causing it to veer off and strike another tractor trailer. Both vehicles then crashed into a pickup truck, pinning it against the barrier on the left hand side of the highway.

All three drivers managed to escape. One of the truck drivers suffered just minor injuries.

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