A man is dead after a three-vehicle collision on the Gardiner Expressway that resulted in a lengthy closure, clogging traffic on the highway during Tuesday’s afternoon rush.
A 50-year-old man was driving a red and white dump truck when he suffered an unknown medical emergency and struck a white sedan and a silver dump trailer, police said.One of the trucks caught fire as a result of the collision but it was quickly contained, police said.The crash happened just ahead of the busy afternoon rush.
Aerial images showed a long stretch of vehicles at a standstill on the heavily trafficked highway. At least one stuck vehicle could be seen trying to turn around on the busy highway.The westbound lanes and the ramps reopened at 6 p.m.
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