(Photo of a home in Leamington where the porch and sidewalk collapsed after a vehicle struck a fire hydrant on Tuesday, June 16 2020 courtesy of the Ontario Provincial Police)(Photo of a home in Leamington where the porch and sidewalk collapsed after a vehicle struck a fire hydrant on Tuesday, June 16 2020 courtesy of the Ontario Provincial Police)
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Crash causes porch collapse at Leamington home

A 60-year-old Leamington driver faces charges after a vehicle struck a fire hydrant causing a big mess on Erie Street North.

The Ontario Provincial Police say the road started to flood around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday after the crash.

Shortly after, the front porch of a home and the sidewalk collapsed.

That forced officials to close that stretch of Erie Street North. It has since reopened.

The driver faces a charge of careless driving under the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario.

(Photo of a home in Leamington where the porch and sidewalk collapsed after a vehicle struck a fire hydrant on Tuesday, June 16 2020 courtesy of the Ontario Provincial Police) (Photo of a home in Leamington where the porch and sidewalk collapsed after a vehicle struck a fire hydrant on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, courtesy of the Ontario Provincial Police)

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