A Lambton County OPP officer has been charged a collision in Tecumseh Friday afternoon.

Police say the officer was operating a marked OPP vehicle travelling at a slow rate of speed, southbound, merging onto Manning Road from Essex County Road 22 in Tecumseh. He allegedly struck the vehicle directly in front of him that was stopped in the merging lane.

Const. Rick Scott, an eight-year member of Lambton County OPP, was charged with following too closely.

No other vehicles were involved and no one was hurt in the crash.