Truck driver killed in wrong-way crash on Hwy. 401 in Kingston

Highway 401 was closed Friday morning following a crash involving a transport truck and a pick-up truck. (Ministry of Transportation/website)

One person is dead after a wrong-way crash on Highway 401 in the Kingston area.

Emergency crews responded to reports of a head-on collision involving a tractor-trailer and pickup truck on the westbound lanes of Hwy. 401 just before 3 a.m. Friday.

“Moments prior to the collision, the OPP had received a report of pickup truck travelling eastbound in the westbound lanes,” Ontario Provincial Police said in a media release.

The Ministry of Transportation camera showed a badly damaged pickup truck in front of the transport truck on the highway.

The driver of the pick-up truck was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said the driver of the transport truck was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The westbound lanes of Highway 401 were closed for 10 hours between Highway 32 in Gananoque and Montreal Street in Kingston. The highway reopened at 1:30 p.m.

Anyone with information on the collision, or may have dashcam video, is asked to contact Frontenac OPP at 1-888-310-1122.