One person was taken to hospital after a dump truck crashed off Highway 115 in Peterborough on Monday morning.

Peterborough Police and Peterborough County OPP say that just before 6:30 a.m., a southbound dump truck veered off the Highway 115 overpass, crashed through guard rails and ended up in a ditch near Bensfort and Kennedy roads.

Firefighters extricated the driver, who was then taken to Peterborough Regional Health Centre with minor injuries, OPP said.

Cleanup of a large diesel spill is underway.

The City of Peterborough’s public works department is at the scene as there are concerns the diesel could flow to a nearby municipal storm drain. One lane of Bensfort Road is closed.

The Ministry of the Environment has been contacted to investigate.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

 More to come

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