32-year-old St. Catharines man dies following six-vehicle crash on Hwy. 406

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating after an early morning crash involving six vehicles along a St. Catharines highway left one person dead.

OPP say the crash happened at around 6:45 a.m. on Hwy. 406 at the exit to Hwy. 58 in Thorold.

They say it occurred when a vehicle travelling in the southbound lanes crossed over into the northbound lanes “for unknown reasons.”

“The driver of that vehicle, a 32-year-old male from St. Catharines, has died,” OPP said in a video posted to social media, adding that the male was pronounced dead at the scene.

They say that occupants in the other five vehicles suffered minor injuries.

The highway was closed in both directions for nearly eight hours for the investigation.