Attempt was made to rescue man from burning truck

Fatal accident on Queens Line, December 7, 2013. Photo Greg Holden

Fatal accident on Queens Line, December 7, 2013. Photo Greg Holden

The fatal accident on Queens Line this morning is still under investigation and the Chatham-Kent police are making an appeal for anyone who witnessed the accident to come forward.

The head-on collision claimed the life of a 37-year-old Chatham-Kent man, who was pronounced dead at the scene by a coroner. His family has requested his name go unpublished.

A pick-up truck and a tractor-trailer collided, head-on, and the two vehicles came to rest off the roadway. The pick-up truck had left its’ lane and was travelling westbound, in the eastbound lane of the roadway, at the time of the collision. The pick-up truck caught fire and although passers-by stopped to assist they were unable to free the driver from the truck. Chatham-Kent fire trucks put out the fire.

The driver of the tractor-trailer was taken to Public General Hospital, in Chatham, by ambulance, and is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Queens Line was closed until 7 p.m. before it re-opened.

Witnesses are asked to contact constable Todd Trahan at 519-355-1092.