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Updated: Lorne re-opened after vehicle flips near Petro-Canada station

Driver refused medical help, witness says
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Reader Al Beland shared this photo with Sudbury.com from the crash on Lorne Street earlier today. (Supplied)

Updated at 1:25 p.m.: Lorne Street westbound toward MR 55 and Copper Cliff has re-opened after a vehicle flipped on its roof late this morning. There's no update on injuries or if there will be any charges. 

Reader Al Beland witnessed the crash and shared a photo with Sudbury.com. He said he was pumping gas at the Petro Canada station at Lorne and Dean Ave. when the vehicle, a small SUV, cut in front of a pickup truck with a plow attachment. He said the pickup driver appeared unable to stop in time and collided with the SUV, pushing it sideways until it hit the curb and flipped.

Beland said he asked the gas attendant to call 911 and he and another man checked on the SUV driver, who told them he was OK, but stuck inside the vehicle. The men broke the back window, Mr. Beland said, cut the airbags out of the way and help the driver, an older gentleman, Mr Beland said, out of the car. The driver refused medical aid, he said.

Updated Jan. 17 at 11:45 a.m.

Both lanes on Lorne Street heading toward MR 55/Copper Cliff are blocked, Greater Sudbury Police said in a tweet at 11:24 a.m. Another local media source has published a photo showing a small sedan flipped on its roof in a snowbank in front of the Lorne Street Petro-Canada gas station. The extent of injuries is unknown. The tow truck is en route. "Please be patient and respectful," police said in the tweet.

Original story: 

There's been a single-vehicle collision on Lorne Street in front of the Petro-Canada gas station, Greater Sudbury Police said in a tweet at 11:11 a.m. Thursday.

The extent of injuries is unknown. "Motorists will experience delays in the area," the tweet said. "Pls slow down and leave room for emergency services."