Update: One person has suffered life threatening injuries, after a head-on collision between a van and an ambulance on Highway 40, just outside of Wallaceburg.
Police officials said on August 19, around 10:30 a.m., Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Chatham-Kent Fire Service, and Chatham-Kent Emergency Medical Services (EMS), responded to a two vehicle head-on collision on Highway 40 near Green Valley Line.
A northbound Ford Minivan collided with a southbound Chatham-Kent EMS Ambulance.
The driver, and lone occupant, of the minivan was transported to hospital with life threatening injuries.
OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators (TTCI) are currently on scene investigating the collision.
Highway 40 between Dover Centre Line and Bush Line will be closed for approximately 4 hours. Motorists will have to find alternative routes.
Further updates will be provided as they become available.
Original story: Highway 40 is closed between Bush Line and and Dover Centre Line due to a collision between a van and ambulance.
Details are limited at the moment.
We’ll provide more details when they become available.
Chatham-Kent OPP – Hwy.40 closed between Bush and Dover Ctr. Lines due to a collision between a van and ambulance.
Media-jay.denorrer@opp.ca— OPP West (@OPP_WR) 19 August 2016
COLLISION: St Clair Rd (Hwy40) at Greenvalley Li #Dresden – Collision at location, emergency services attending. ^cc
— OPPCommunicationsWR (@OPP_COMM_WR) 19 August 2016
UPDATE: ROAD CLOSURE: St Clair Rd (Hwy40) b/t Bush Li & Dover Centre Li #Dresden – Roadway now CLOSED due to collision. ^cc
— OPPCommunicationsWR (@OPP_COMM_WR) 19 August 2016
– Photo credit: OPP
