{"id":829393,"date":"2026-07-27T15:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/829393\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T15:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:08:10","slug":"transport-stuck-on-hairpin-curve-north-of-brampton-mississauga-driver-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/829393\/","title":{"rendered":"Transport stuck on hairpin curve north of Brampton; Mississauga driver charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A transport truck became stuck in a hairpin curve, closing a road in Caledon on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to Forks of The Credit Road for an eastbound commercial motor vehicle that unsuccessfully attempted to maneuver around a tight turn on the scenic road on July 24, the Ontario Provincial Police said.<\/p>\n<p>The truck and trailer became wedged into the guide rail, causing a lengthy road closure for its removal, the OPP said.<\/p>\n<p>The area is a posted no-heavy-truck route.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the Forks of the Credit Road was closed for over two hours to facilitate the safe removal of the truck and trailer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-836348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/truck-stuck-caledon-2.jpg\" alt=\"transport stuck caledon\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>A 65-year-old driver from Mississauga was charged with disobeying a sign and interfering with traffic. Police did not name the driver.<\/p>\n<p>Caledon OPP remind commercial motor vehicle drivers that many route restrictions in Caledon exist to keep them, their trucks and the roads safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the GPS says yes, but the sign says no \u2014 trust the sign,\u201d the OPP said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-836349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/truck-stuck-caledon-3.jpg\" alt=\"transport stuck caledon\"  \/><\/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: 48,372 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,452,116 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    173 VOTES<br \/>\n    Do you like how Doug Ford is handling Trump\u2019s tariffs?    <\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A transport truck became stuck in a hairpin curve, closing a road in Caledon on Friday. Officers responded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-829393","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\/829393","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=829393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}