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Crash between semi, SUV backs up traffic on Trans-Canada Highway near Manitoba-Ontario border

A two-vehicle crash near the Ontario-Manitoba border has resulted in a partial closure of the Trans-Canada Highway, causing traffic delays for hours. 

2 taken to hospital after collision near Clearwater Bay, about 170 kilometres east of Winnipeg

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A truck is on a ditch.
A stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway was closed following a two-vehicle crash near Clearwater Bay, Ont. a rural community about 170 kilometres east of Winnipeg. (Submitted by Kelly Hamilton)

Two people were sent to the hospital following a two-vehicle crash near the Ontario-Manitoba border, causing traffic delays for hours on part of the Trans-Canada Highway. 

Ontario Provincial Police said the collision happened after 8 a.m. Saturday at Rocky Ridge Road near Clearwater Bay, a rural community about 170 kilometres east of Winnipeg. 

A group of cars line on the highway.
The eastbound lane of the Trans-Canada Highway near the scene of the crash has reopened, the Ontario Provincial Police said. (Submitted by Kelly Hamilton)

A semi-truck and SUV crashed, police said on a social media post. Two people were taken to hospital and no information has been released about their conditions. 

OPP initially closed a section of the Trans-Canada Highway, but the eastbound lane was reopened at around 11:40 a.m.

A spokesperson for OPP said it is unclear when the highway will fully reopen. 

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