Three tractor-trailers involved in fatal crash

Posted Nov 29, 2016 10:45:22 AM.

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EAST HAWKESBURY TOWNSHIP, Ont. – One person has been killed in a fiery crash involving three tractor-trailers Tuesday morning.

Emergency crews were called to a motor-vehicle collision in the westbound lanes of Highway 417 in East Hawkesbury Township around 3:40 a.m.

The transport trucks had become fully engulfed in flames following the crash.

The highway remains closed westbound at County Road 14 and detours are expected to be in place for several hours.

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