A fiery late-day collision Monday on the Highway 402 in London left one person dead and five people in hospital.

Two transport trucks and two cars were involved in the crash, about 3 p.m. just east of Colonel Talbot Road.

The person who died — identified Tuesday as Johnathan James Wright, 34, of London — was in one of those cars, OPP Const. Adam Crewdson said.

A Verspeeten Cartage truck caught fire after it appeared a Moe’s Transport Trucking transport collided with its rear end.

All of the vehicles were travelling eastbound. It’s not clear where the two cars were positioned relative to the transports at the time of the collision.

“Any time that we have a fatality on the road, it is a serious occurrence,” Crewdson said.

The five people hurt were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Crewdson said.

In a Periscope video earlier Monday, OPP West Region spokesperson Sgt. Dave Rektor said to expect delays on the eastbound 402 due to “a multi-vehicle collision involving tractor trailers and a couple vehicles.”

“The drive home is going to be a little complicated (Monday),” he added.

The OPP was just beginning its investigation Monday, but it appeared there was nothing unusual about highway conditions.

“The road conditions were ideal. It was a sunny day, the roads were clear,” Crewdson said.

Backed-up traffic ahead of the crash site on the 402 indicated there may have been a delay before the collision near the point where Hwys. 402 and 401 join together.

The 402’s westbound traffic was not affected, police said.

Monday’s collision was the second major crash in days on Ontario’s 400-series super-highways.

Friday night, a multi-vehicle crash in Toronto on the Hwy. 400, between Finch Avenue and the 401, claimed four lives, including that of a four-year-old girl.

The crash led to a fire that consumed several cars.