Ontario Provincial Police in North Bay investigate after a vehicle collided with a traffic signal pole.

It happened on Highway 17 and Gormanville Road Friday morning and northbound traffic was closed for several hours.

Vehicle hit a traffic signal pole in North Bay

**UPDATE 2:30 pm:

The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario says traffic has been stopped in both directions.

Sources tell CTV News that the transport was pulled from the ditch and the road has been reopened.

ORIGINAL:

Also on Highway 17, Sudbury OPP were called to the scene east of Warren when a tractor trailer ended up in a ditch on Friday afternoon.

Traffic was reduced to one lane.

Police say the driver of the transport will be charged with careless driving.

They remind travellers to drive according to weather conditions and slow down.