Two people injured after car stops to help vehicle in a ditch.
UPDATE (2:20 PM): The Ministry of Transportation has confirmed the road hs re-opened.
Original story:
The southbound Highway 406 is closed at Highway 20 in Thorold due to a serious crash.
OPP say an SUV went into a ditch.
Another car pulled over to the left shoulder to help, and when the female driver got out, a man driving a third vehicle hit the back of the stopped car.
The 29 year old woman and a 23 year old man driving the third car were hospitalized.
The OPP says the 23 year old was hospitalized with serious injures, though at the moment officials are waiting for updates on the conditions of both injured individuals.
The 62 year old driver of the original SUV wasn't injured.
It's not yet known how the first vehicle got into the ditch.
Collision #Hwy406 sb at 20 closed. Silver SUV in the ditch with 62 y/o male. A 29 y/o female motorist in suv pulls over to the left shoulder/lane to assist, 23 y/o maler driver of a black car crashed into the rear of the stopped vehicle on the highway. Both drivers taken to hosp. pic.twitter.com/7kDPVWbzyh
— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) April 22, 2022
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