Fortuitously, a young motorist narrowly escaped death after an automobile and tractor-trailer collided in the morning twilight in Newmarket, transforming the vehicle he was in into a mangled wreckage of twisted steel.
The mishap took place in the predawn hours of Monday, around 4:45 a.m., involving the trailer and an SUV moving north on Highway 48 at the intersection of Davis Drive.
The juvenile driver, a 17-year-old lad, sustained only superficial wounds in this calamity, according to Officer Nicki Morris of the Ontario Provincial Police. The adolescent demonstrated remarkable resilience as he extricated himself from the wreck and ambled to the waiting ambulance, added Officer Morris.
Revealing information about the highway’s condition post the disastrous event, Morris indicated that the tractor-trailer’s fuel tank was compromised in the episode, causing gasoline to flood across the expanse of the road. As a result, representatives from both the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Transportation had to be summoned to supervise the cleaning up of the leaked fuel.
Subsequently, traffic was allowed, albeit one lane at a time, in either direction of the highway by noon. Despite endeavoring to bring back daily life to normalcy, the road was reduced to one lane on each side at least until 3 p.m.
In terms of legal repercussions, no immediate charges have been issued as the investigation into the accident is still in progress, Officer Morris stated.
