LONDON, ONT. -- The London Fire Department was asking drivers to avoid the area after a collision at Highbury Avenue and Glanworth Drive.

Highbury was closed in both directions at Glanworth for several hours following a multi-vehicle crash shortly before 11 a.m. Friday.

The collision, involving a black car and a flatbed truck hauling two vehicles, left both vehicles in the ditch and debris scattered across the road.

- With files from CTV's Daryl Newcombe