Transport truck hauling 40 tonnes of salt involved in rollover

A transport truck carrying 40 tonnes of salt rolled onto its side in Collingwood.

Whiteout conditions were behind a truck rolling over into the snow Tuesday.

“We were dispatched to a report of a tractor trailer in the ditch at approximately 9:30 a.m. this morning,” said Collingwood & Blue Mountains OPP Sgt. Wes Staddon.

Staddon said weather played a role in the salt truck tipping 40 tonnes of salt into the ditch on Line 10 between Mountain Road and Georgian Meadows Drive.

“The driver drove into a whiteout and when onto the shoulder and into the ditch,” he said.

No injuries have been reported and the Ministry of Environment have been contacted he said.

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The road was closed for most of the day, however police expected it to be open by 3 p.m.

No charges have been laid at this time, Staddon said.