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Update: Highway 401 reopened after fatal crash

One person is dead after a crash on Highway 401 in Elgin County.

OPP say the collision involving a tractor trailer and another vehicle happened around 7:30 a.m. Saturday in the eastbound lanes just east of West Lorne. According to police, one person was pronounced dead at the scene.

Traffic was detoured while the eastbound lanes of the highway were closed at Graham Road for about five hours.

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