The eastbound lanes of Highway 401 at the Highway 400 exit ramp were closed for several hours this morning after a transport truck tipped over.

The incident caused both the collectors and express routes to shut down but Ontario Provincial Police reopened the collector lanes shortly after 9:30 a.m.

The truck tipped over at around 8 a.m. at the end of the eastbound Highway 401 ramp at Highway 400 heading north.

Photos and video from the scene showed the truck leaning against the guardrail, over Highway 401.

“This truck was coming on the 401 eastbound ramp to 400 northbound. It’s loaded with rolls of paper. As it came around this ramp, the items inside shifted and it rolled onto the cement wall,” OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt told CP24. “They pulled it down slightly from the wall but that is why the express lanes were closed, just to make sure, out of caution, that nothing was going to fall down to the roadway below.”

Schmidt said other nearby roads and ramps also dealt with heavy traffic as a result of the closure.

A relief ramp from eastbound Highway 401 express to northbound Highway 400 was opened briefly to divert traffic during the closure.

Schmidt said the driver of the truck suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital as a precaution.