Motorists who normally use Highway 25 southbound as it approaches the Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine Tunnel are being advised to find an alternate route as Transport Québec is cleaning up the mess left behind when two trucks collided early Tuesday afternoon.
The trucks collided near the entrance to the tunnel sometime before 2 p.m. and the mess it created forced Transport Québec to close the southbound lanes into the tunnel completely. Complicating matters is that a large load of corn spilled out of one of the trucks when the accident occurred.
As of 4 p.m., at least one of the three lanes was cleared and reopened. A Transport Québec spokesperson said it is difficult to estimate how long it will take to reopen the other two lanes. He also advised drivers to consider the Jacques Cartier Bridge as an alternative.
