Driver charged with careless driving after 3-vehicle crash on Hwy. 400 in Innisfil

A 41-year-old woman from Orillia is facing a careless driving charge following a three-vehicle crash involving a transport truck and a dump truck on Highway 400.

The initial crash happened in the northbound lanes near Highway 88 in the Innisfil area around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

Provincial police said a passenger vehicle was travelling southbound when it cut in front of the transport truck, sending it through the guardrail, crossing into the northbound lanes, hitting another truck, before it ended up in the ditch.

“Initially, there was a two-car collision in the left lane. One of the drivers failed to pay attention and made an unsafe lane change, causing the transport truck to collide with the vehicle,” police said in a video posted on X.

“The transport truck then went from the southbound lanes to the northbound lanes, into the right ditch by going through the centre median, striking a [northbound] dump truck.”

Police said the transport truck was hauling over 80,000 pounds of gravel and three heavy trucks are being used to pull the vehicle out from the ditch.

No injuries have been reported.

The northbound section of the highway was closed from Highway 88 to Highway 89 but most of the lanes reopened around 2 p.m.

The left lane of southbound and northbound Highway 400 is expected to remain closed for repairs to the guiderail until around 6:30 p.m.