No serious injuries in 5 vehicle crash on QEW in Oakville
Posted October 24, 2019 11:22 am.
Last Updated October 24, 2019 6:22 pm.
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No serious injuries were reported after a serious five-vehicle crash on the QEW in Oakville.
Provincial police say a transport truck and at least four other vehicles were involved in the crash around 10 a.m. Thursday morning, which occurred in the Toronto-bound lanes between Burloak Drive and Bronte Road.
One vehicle was pinned between the transport truck, which had burst into flames, and the concrete median. Both vehicles were destroyed in the subsequent fire.
WATCH: Smoke billowing from the scene was caught on traffic cameras
“A truck, basically crossed three lanes and smashed into a car right on the guardrail and that car was totally destroyed,” an eyewitness who identified himself as Jim told 680 News. “Because they were in the HOV lane, there may well have been more than one person in the car. There were about three or four other cars that were involved in the accident but the one that the truck hit was totally demolished.”
OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said five people have been taken to hospital with minor injuries. The female driver of the car that was pinned under the truck managed to escape through a window
Five people suffered only minor injuries in this six-vehicle collision on the EB QEW past Burloak. The cab of the truck that caught fire is not only destroyed, it’s melted. @680NEWS @680NEWStraffic pic.twitter.com/tTF7GYqRjf
— Mark Douglas (@DouglasCityNews) October 24, 2019
A heavy tow truck lifts the charred and smashed remains of a car that was pinned against the median on the EB QEW six hours earlier. The woman driving escaped through a window with only minor injuries. @680NEWS pic.twitter.com/Ot6PY3GfWN
— Mark Douglas (@DouglasCityNews) October 24, 2019
