Driver dead following crash on QEW in Grimsby

Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after a commercial tanker crashed on the QEW early Saturday, a 67-year-old man was found deceased on the scene.

A driver is dead following a tanker truck crash on the QEW in Grimsby early Saturday morning.

Emergency services responded to the westbound lanes of the highway at Christy Street shortly after 1:30 a.m. for a single-vehicle collision.

Ontario Provincial Police say a commercial vehicle tanker carrying malt and water crashed in the right ditch. Images from the scene show the truck on its side.

The driver, a 67-year-old man from Belle River, Ont., was pronounced dead at the scene, police say.

The cause of the collision is under investigation.