DEADLY CROSSOVER CRASHES

On the nearly 120-km stretch of Hwy. 401 west of London to Tilbury

2018 June 22, near Tilbury

■ Trucker Alaa Issa, 44, of Windsor, is killed when two transports collide in a crash that closes the highway for 15 hours, diverting thousands of vehicles through Chatham-Kent.

2017 Feb. 16, near Shedden

■ Trucker Gary Lent, 66, whose widow now lives in London, is killed when his truck collides with another near Union Road. Toronto-area trucker Mohamed Duale is charged with careless driving.

Aug. 29, near Dutton

■ Sarah Payne, 42, and her daughter Freya, 5, of London, die when an eastbound pickup truck crosses the grass median and collides with the family’s westbound van. A 56-year-old Cambridge man is charged. The deaths give birth to the Build the Barrier citizens’ push for concrete barriers west of London.

2014 May 10, near Chatham

■ Alyssa Smulders, 13, and her uncle Marc Lafontaine, 35, of Windsor, are killed when a westbound tractor trailer crosses into the eastbound lane. A London trucker is convicted of careless driving and fined $2,000

Other crashes:

■ Since 2018, at least 13 cases where vehicles crashed in the centre median, Chatham and Elgin OPP report.

■ Since 2016, at least five crossover crashes without deaths, near Rodney, Highgate, Harwich and Chatham. Three involved transport trucks.