Dropped excavator causes Highway 417 roadblock

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Traffic bogged down for several hours on westbound Highway 417 near Moodie Drive Wednesday afternoon after a massive excavator machine slipped its chains on a transport trailer.

Two traffic lanes were blocked while the cleanup was underway.

The crash was expensive for the driver who was charged with driving a

commercial vehicle with a major defect in it or in drawn vehicle ($390) and another $390 for carrying an insecure load on a commercial vehicle.

There were no injuries.

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