An overnight tractor-trailer accident Thursday on Highway 401 caused traffic havoc for most of the day in downtown Kingston.
Shortly before 2:30 a.m., officers from Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police as well as Kingston Fire and Rescue and Frontenac Paramedics responded to a collision involving the tractor-trailer on the eastbound lanes between Montreal Street and Highway 15.
According to an OPP news release, the vehicle struck a concrete barrier, causing a fuel spill that resulted in a fire that destroyed both the tractor and trailer.
The cleanup took more than 12 hours and closed the eastbound lanes of Highway 401 at Montreal Street.
Traffic was diverted through downtown Kingston, across the LaSalle Causeway, then north up Highway 15 through most of the day Thursday.
The Ministry of the Environment was managing the fuel cleanup and the Ministry of Transportation was assessing any damage to the road because of the fire.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was uninjured and charges are not anticipated, OPP Const. Curtis Dick said.
Source: The Kingston Whig-Standard