Police charge pickup driver after Highway 53 crash with diesel transport

Serious but non-life-threatening injuries were reported following a collision involving a pickup truck and a transport truck carrying diesel fuel.

Emergency crews were called to the crash at Highway 53 and Subway Line in Norwich Township at about 9:15 a.m. Wednesday.

Police said the driver of the pickup truck was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the transport truck was taken to hospital as a precaution.

The pickup truck driver, a 25-year-old from Ruthven, Ont., is charged with disobeying a stop sign.

Highway 53, between Highway 2 and Towerline Road, was closed for several hours for investigation and cleanup but has since reopened.