A 55-year-old driver was killed in a fiery head-on collision on Highway 5 in Hamilton on Monday morning. Ontario Provincial Police responded to the crash near Dundas at around 9:30 a.m. The driver, from Brantford, was operating a delivery truck westbound when it veered into the path of an eastbound gravel-hauling tractor trailer.
The driver was ejected in the collision and pronounced dead at the scene. The delivery truck caught fire, and debris scattered across the road. Road closures are in effect, and the area is expected to remain closed until 7 p.m. The identity of the deceased has not been released.