For the second time in two days, a serious multi-vehicle collision has closed Highway 115 between Tapley Quarter Line and Porter Road.
Four people were injured in the collision. One driver was flown by air ambulance to a Toronto-area hospital with life-threatening injuries, and remains in critical condition, while the other three were transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
At around 6 a.m. Tuesday morning (February 26), a vehicle was travelling northbound on Highway 115 south Tapley Quarter Line when the driver lost control and went into the ditch.
TRAFFIC: All lanes of Highway 115 are shut down near Tapley 1/4 for a multi-vehicle collision involving several transport trucks, a garbage truck, a tanker trunk and several vehicles. One person has been airfield from the scene by @Ornge. Check back for updates #ptbonews pic.twitter.com/gdU9mEVEIT
— Harrison Perkins (@HaPerkins) February 26, 2019
Several other vehicles became involved in a collision when they attempted to avoid what had happened, including a jackknifed tractor trailer.
One of the tractor trailers was transporting potentially dangerous goods and the immediate area has been closed off until it can be deemed safe.
The truck carrying the dangerous goods is still being assessed. The products it is carrying are sodium nitrate, acetic acid, and emulsion. They are in three separate compartments on the truck and are used in the process of removing rock from quarries. Precaution is being taken to ensure the safest removal of the truck for the public and the emergency services personnel at the scene.
The northbound and southbound lanes of Highway 115 will remain closed for several hours.
A serious accident also closed the southbound lanes of Highway 115 in the same area on Monday (February 25), when more than 20 vehicles were involved in collisions during white-out conditions on the highway. No significant injuries were reported.
Transport just went off the road HWY115 northbound just south of Tapley 1/4 Line. Southbound still stopped. ?@kawarthaNOW? pic.twitter.com/QbRnXun3vp
— Swantech Energy Solutions Ltd. (@LED_Ontario) February 25, 2019
