(File photo courtesy of the Wellington County OPP)

(File photo courtesy of the Wellington County OPP)

UPDATE: WB Highway 401 reopened near St. Thomas after tractor-trailer removal

By Matt Weverink

February 28, 2019 - 10:51am

Traffic on the westbound Highway 401 just outside of St. Thomas is moving again following a closure Thursday morning.

Elgin County OPP shut down the westbound lanes of the highway at Colonel Talbot Road (exit 177) at around 11 a.m. to remove a tractor-trailer that was in the centre median of the highway near Mill Road.

The closure was expected to last approximately two hours. Provincial police reopened the westbound lanes around 1:20 p.m.

One person was charged after driving around signs indicating the highway closure, police said.

CLEARED Road Closure: #Hwy401 WB between Colonel Talbot Rd and Union Rd #LdnOnt - Hwy is now OPEN ^jp
— OPPCommunicationsWR (@OPP_COMM_WR) February 28, 2019

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