A stretch of Highway 401 in…

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A stretch of Highway 401 in Toronto was closed for hours on Wednesday after a transport truck hit a barrier and burst into flames, provincial police say.

Transport truck hit a barrier and burst into flames, Ontario Provincial Police say

A transport truck collided with a barrier, causing it to burst into flames.
Images from the crash scene show the truck on fire. (@OPP_HSD/Twitter)

A stretch of Highway 401 in Toronto was closed for hours on Wednesday after a transport truck hit a barrier and burst into flames, provincial police say.

The collision happened around 3 a.m. just west of the exits for the Don Valley Parkway and Highway 404. 

The truck driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries, OPP said in a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter.

The westbound express lanes of Highway 401 at Highway 404 were closed as police investigated, but the OPP said shortly after 5 p.m. that the lanes have reopened.

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