Van crashes through wall, gets T-boned by truck on QEW

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One person is in serious condition after a van burst through the sound wall along the QEW sending it in the path of a transport truck. All lanes were shut down between Dixie and Cawthra for hours.

The OPP say just after 9 am, a truck drove straight down Dixie road, which ends at North Service road and sped over the curb and headed straight for the wall separating the road and highway traffic.

“I don’t even know if he hit the ground when I punched him, I hit him right from the side and pushed him down the highway.” Jeff Brydges, truck driver.

The above part of the sound barrier is made of a combination of cement and fibreglass however, below cinder blocks are cemented into the highway itself and the OPP said that the truck somehow was able to push it out of the way and drive into live traffic and that’s when disaster struck.

The OPP are still investigating how the van broke through the barrier and are trying to obtain footage of the events leading up to the crash.