Road closed gate on a Highway 401 on-ramp. June 14, 2019. (Photo by Michael Hugall).Road closed gate on a Highway 401 on-ramp. June 14, 2019. (Photo by Michael Hugall).
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UPDATE: Hwy 401 westbound lanes reopen after collision near Chatham-Kent

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) shut down the westbound lanes of Highway 401 on Sunday afternoon following a vehicle collision.

According to a tweet from the West Region OPP, the highway was closed between exit 101 Kent Bridge Road/County Road 15 all the way to exit 90 Highway 40/Communication Road (County Road 11).

The crash took place sometime before 4 p.m.

In a follow-up tweet, the OPP said the highway had reopened shortly before 6 p.m. on Sunday.

No other information about the incident was immediately available.

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