Highway 7/8 crash through Shakespeare under investigation (update)

By Erin Anderson

Posted Sep 20, 2018 03:55:00 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

** Highway 7/8 has reopened between Road 104 and Road 106 **

A stretch of Highway 7/8 is shut down through Shakespeare after a two-vehicle crash.

Perth County OPP say it happened just after 10 a.m. on Thursday on Perth Line 34.

One driver was taken to hospital with undetermined injuries.

Highway 7/8 (Perth Line 34) remains closed between Road 104 and Road 106 for the investigation.

No other details have been released at this time.

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