{"id":560513,"date":"2026-03-25T20:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/560513\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T20:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:54:15","slug":"closure-highway-403-ramp-closed-after-tractor-trailer-spills-load-in-hamilton-brampton-driver-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/560513\/","title":{"rendered":"CLOSURE: Highway 403 ramp closed after tractor-trailer spills load in Hamilton; Brampton driver charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Update: The ramp is expected to open at approximately 4 or 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>A 32-year-old male driver from Brampton has been charged with careless driving.<\/p>\n<p>Original story follows.<\/p>\n<p>A Highway 403 ramp has closed after a tractor-trailer crashed in Hamilton on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews responded to the single-vehicle collision on the ramp from westbound Highway 403 to Highway 6 southbound in Ancaster, the Ontario Provincial Police said just before 8 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The tractor-trailer landed on its side on the ramp, police said. The driver was being assessed for minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidyard-player-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774450332_767_awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu.jpg\" data-videoid=\"790139\" data-uuid=\"awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu\" data-v=\"4\" data-type=\"inline\" data-muted=\"1\" style=\"width:100%\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-1.55.02-PM-1024x513.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-803440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/crash-tractor-trailer-hamilton-2.jpg\" alt=\"crash highway 403 hamilton\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The truck was transporting bales of recycled material, police said. Part of the cleanup will involve retrieving some of the bales that were ejected and rolled a significant distance off the roadway, the OPP added.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"719\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-803439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/crash-tractor-trailer-hamilton-1.jpg\" alt=\"crash highway 403 hamilton\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Police said the ramp will be closed for an estimated two to three hours for cleanup.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Update:<br \/>The truck was transporting bales of recycled material. Part of the cleanup will involve retrieving some of the bales that were ejected and rolled a significant distance off the roadway.<br \/>^rt <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RbDb4aqmYG\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/RbDb4aqmYG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OPP_HSD\/status\/2036778914568106478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos: OPP<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 35,444 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,269,115 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    799 VOTES<br \/>\n    Are you tipping less at restaurants due to price increases?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update: The ramp is expected to open at approximately 4 or 5 p.m. A 32-year-old male driver from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-560513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}