SUDBURY -- The Timmins Police Service is advising the public to expect delays Thursday on Highway 101 near Jaguar Road for "several hours" following a serious collision.

The collision involved a pickup truck and a commercial motor vehicle.

"The scene remains closed to allow for EMS and Timmins Police Service officers to complete their duties," police said in a news release.

Traffic is being rerouted to Government Road, between the Kamiskotia Road intersection and the east access point of Government Road.

"Light traffic can also use Sandy Falls Road to enter and leave Timmins in the west end," police said.

The driver of the pickup truck has been brought to Timmins and District Hospital for treatment for serious injuries sustained in the collision.

Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to call police at 705-264-1201.