A tractor trailer with a ‘volatile load’ was involved in crash on Highway 3 in Cottam.

OPP say it happened between Marsh Road and Cameron Side Road in Cottam around 3:20 p.m.

Police say a tractor trailer carrying Ammonium Nitrate was one of the vehicles involved in the head on crash with a Sport Utility Vehicle. 

The driver and lone occupant of the SUV was sent to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The driver of the tractor trailer unit was not injured.

Highway 3 between Marsh Road and Cameron Sideroad has been temporarily closed in both eastbound and westbound directions.

Kingsville Fire Department attended the scene and confirmed the tractor trailer load was not a safety concern.

The investigation is continuing.