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Whiteout Causes Over 100 Vehicles to Crash on Ontario Highway
by Rob Walker | January 21, 2008 at 11:56 am | 735 views | 3 comments
Not a real surprise that driving conditions were so terrible, it's been freezing cold and blowing snow on and off all week here in Toronto.
Whiteout conditions were a factor Sunday for a multi-car pileup on a stretch of highway about an hour north of Toronto that left numerous passengers with broken limbs and back and neck injuries.A half-kilometre stretch of the northbound lanes of Highway 400 near Bradford was littered with the wreckage of about 50 cars and trucks, Ontario Provincial Police said. About 30 vehicles were in another pileup north of that location, police said. The Toronto Star reported a third pileup involving 15 vehicles.
"It's like a scrapyard out here — vehicles everywhere, some in the
ditch. It's unbelievable," OPP Const. Dave Woodford told CBC Newsworld.There were "multiple injuries," some serious, but none considered life-threatening, he said.
"We have neck and back injuries, he said. "We have people with
broken arms, broken legs. There are serious injuries to a lot of
people."
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January 21, 2008 at 11:56 am by Rob Walker, 735 views, 3 comments
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Comments (3)
at 12:28 on January 21st, 2008
I think this is an important story and would benefit from other NowPublic contributors working on it. I've flagged it as News Wanted and invite others in relevant locations to look for more evidence.
at 21:52 on January 21st, 2008
Rob Walker, I like this story. An excellent report...wow what a story! Winter driving can be
challenging in that area at times.
at 16:56 on January 25th, 2008
Rob Walker, Good stuff.
I remember white out and ice fog when I was doing seasonal affective Disorder research in Alaska. I remember running into a snow bank when I thought I was driving straight. I was surprised that cognitive skills were affected. Optically I thought I was on the road going toward my work whuch was 1/2 mile away. I sure am sorry for these folks.
Al