Charges have be laid following a crash on Highway 401 in Essex County that led to a second fatal crash.
A 20-year-old man from Lakeshore has been charged with operation while impaired, failure or refusal to comply with demand, operation while prohibited, failure to stop after accident, dangerous operation and driving while under suspension.
Around 10:20 a.m. on Friday, OPP responded to a report of a multi-vehicle crash in the westbound lanes of Highway 401 between Gracey Side Road and Comber Side Road in Lakeshore.
As officers arrived on scene witnesses had reported two people from one of the involved vehicles had fled the scene on foot. Officers found and arrested two people on Lakeshore Road 305.
According to police, one vehicle was operating in an erratic manner and struck several other vehicles in the westbound lanes.
During the investigation, due to a traffic slowdown, another collision took place between two tractor trailers and a pickup truck, according to OPP.
The driver of a …