(File photo courtesy of the Wellington County OPP)

(File photo courtesy of the Wellington County OPP)

UPDATE: Eastbound Highway 401 re-opened near Dutton

By Matt Weverink

February 8, 2019 - 6:47am

Traffic along the Highway 401 towards London should be moving smoothly, following a crash Friday morning.

Provincial police said at 10:30 a.m. Friday, only one eastbound lane of the highway was open just before Currie Road (exit 149) near Dutton. Both lanes were closed just after 6 a.m. after a crash took place there.

As a result of the crash, eastbound traffic was being re-routed off the highway at Graham Road (exit 137) near West Lorne. Provincial police tweeted an update Friday evening, just after 4:30 p.m. that all lanes had been reopened.

CLEARED Collision: #Hwy401 EB before Currie Rd #Dutton - All lanes open ^jp
— OPPCommunicationsWR (@OPP_COMM_WR) February 8, 2019

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