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Gigantic multi-vehicle pile-up injures one hundred people near Edmonton
March 21, two thousand thirteen Four:23 PM EDT
About one hundred people suffered minor injuries in a massive multi-car pile up involving several semi-trailers and at least one hundred cars south of Leduc near Edmonton on Thursday.
One person with serious injuries was taken to the University Hospital in Edmonton, while twenty one others with minor to moderate injuries were transported to Leduc, Ponoka and other area hospitals, the health authority said. The majority of people hurt in the pileups – about eighty – suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene.
A kilometres-long open up of Highway two was entirely closed by a slew of disabled and trapped vehicles. Officials reported expected delays of up to six hours after slick roads and white-out conditions made travelling the road all but unlikely.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephanie Williams
The number of injuries was earlier thought to be around 300, but Alberta Health Services revised that number after people were assessed at the scene.
Derek Fildebrandt, the Alberta director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation was on his way to Edmonton on the bus when the pile up occurred.
«I was in the middle of writing my speech, just bitching about the budget, and all of the unexpected there were 18-wheelers flying around us,» he said. «Everyone could see out the windows and cars were narrowly avoiding us, flying around both sides.»
Highway two closed due to multi vehicle accident http://t.co/DuWzAng5oG via @TwitPic
The bus driver told the passengers to sit down and buckle up as they waited to be hit by more vehicles from behind, Mr. Fildebrandt said. Fortunately, the vehicle emerged from the accident unscathed.
Afterward, Mr. Fildebrandt got out of the bus and walked along the length of the accident scene ten minutes north and south, but spotted neither the front nor the back of it.
«There would be another pile-up, almost like a wave and a crest,» he said. «Every two hundred metres, you`d see it was just carnage and wreckage…it just went on and on.»
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephanie Williams
In a massive pileup on highway two en route to Edmonton. Everyone on the Crimson Arrow is safe. I may be late. pic.twitter.com/LdfDVA6ZRo
This picture is from Queen Elizabeth Highway (QE Two) March 21, 2013. Edmonton, AB. Canada. Hope everyone is alright. pic.twitter.com/hTDCNfcI6e
He said he spotted one man with what appeared to be cracked gams; another was trapped under his car. Civilians, very first responders and off-duty police officers were quick to react, he said.
Mr. Fildebrandt said he helped another accident victim pull his flatbed truck out of a ditch. The two then crossed over the median, doubled back and made it to Edmonton using country roads.
Wetaskiwin RCMP, along with Ponoka and Leduc integrated traffic units reported the multiple-vehicle collision northbound on the QEII, north of the Highway thirteen overpass, around 11:30 a.m. MDT. That crash set off a chain reaction in the area, involving more than one hundred vehicles in all, RCMP said.
Alberta Health Services, updating the situation via Twitter, said patients were being assessed in three Greyhound buses. Four transit buses were also sent to the scene to provide shelter.
Here’s a photo at pileup scene on Highway two near Highway 13, courtesy a source who’s been stuck all day. #yeg pic.twitter.com/szIVb6D6PC
The brutal storm has crippled Edmonton, delaying public transit and closing roads. The international airport advised passengers to avoid the highway and re-book their flights.
The early spring storm was expected to dump twenty five cm of snow on the city and surrounding areas.
The province`s road reports website, five hundred eleven Alberta
, was still warning commuters of delays and road closures at ten p.m. MDT. The site reported that both lanes on highway Two, from highway thirteen to highway six hundred sixteen are closed and «travel on highways eighty eight and nine hundred eighty six is not recommended due to snow covered roads and poor visibility.»
Edmonton police recorded one hundred thirty three crashes – nine that caused injuries, nine hit and runs and one hundred fifteen involving minor damages. City police normally react to an average of inbetween fifty and seventy crashes each day, the Edmonton Journal reported
In Edmonton decent, the white-out conditions were so bad that the police shut down Anthony Henday Drive – the massive ring-road which encircles the city – for almost two hours Thursday evening.
Massive multi-vehicle pile-up injures three hundred people near Edmonton, National Post
Giant multi-vehicle pile-up injures one hundred people near Edmonton
March 21, two thousand thirteen Four:23 PM EDT
About one hundred people suffered minor injuries in a massive multi-car pile up involving several semi-trailers and at least one hundred cars south of Leduc near Edmonton on Thursday.
One person with serious injuries was taken to the University Hospital in Edmonton, while twenty one others with minor to moderate injuries were transported to Leduc, Ponoka and other area hospitals, the health authority said. The majority of people hurt in the pileups – about eighty – suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene.
A kilometres-long spread of Highway two was entirely closed by a slew of disabled and trapped vehicles. Officials reported expected delays of up to six hours after slick roads and white-out conditions made travelling the road all but unlikely.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephanie Williams
The number of injuries was earlier thought to be around 300, but Alberta Health Services revised that number after people were assessed at the scene.
Derek Fildebrandt, the Alberta director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation was on his way to Edmonton on the bus when the pile up occurred.
«I was in the middle of writing my speech, just bitching about the budget, and all of the unexpected there were 18-wheelers flying around us,» he said. «Everyone could see out the windows and cars were narrowly avoiding us, flying around both sides.»
Highway two closed due to multi vehicle accident http://t.co/DuWzAng5oG via @TwitPic
The bus driver told the passengers to sit down and buckle up as they waited to be hit by more vehicles from behind, Mr. Fildebrandt said. Fortunately, the vehicle emerged from the accident unscathed.
Afterward, Mr. Fildebrandt got out of the bus and walked along the length of the accident scene ten minutes north and south, but spotted neither the front nor the back of it.
«There would be another pile-up, almost like a wave and a crest,» he said. «Every two hundred metres, you`d see it was just carnage and wreckage…it just went on and on.»
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephanie Williams
In a massive pileup on highway two en route to Edmonton. Everyone on the Crimson Arrow is safe. I may be late. pic.twitter.com/LdfDVA6ZRo
This picture is from Queen Elizabeth Highway (QE Two) March 21, 2013. Edmonton, AB. Canada. Hope everyone is alright. pic.twitter.com/hTDCNfcI6e
He said he spotted one man with what appeared to be violated gams; another was trapped under his car. Civilians, very first responders and off-duty police officers were quick to react, he said.
Mr. Fildebrandt said he helped another accident victim pull his flatbed truck out of a ditch. The two then crossed over the median, doubled back and made it to Edmonton using country roads.
Wetaskiwin RCMP, along with Ponoka and Leduc integrated traffic units reported the multiple-vehicle collision northbound on the QEII, north of the Highway thirteen overpass, around 11:30 a.m. MDT. That crash set off a chain reaction in the area, involving more than one hundred vehicles in all, RCMP said.
Alberta Health Services, updating the situation via Twitter, said patients were being assessed in three Greyhound buses. Four transit buses were also sent to the scene to provide shelter.
Here’s a photo at pileup scene on Highway two near Highway 13, courtesy a source who’s been stuck all day. #yeg pic.twitter.com/szIVb6D6PC
The brutal storm has crippled Edmonton, delaying public transit and closing roads. The international airport advised passengers to avoid the highway and re-book their flights.
The early spring storm was expected to dump twenty five cm of snow on the city and surrounding areas.
The province`s road reports website, five hundred eleven Alberta
, was still warning commuters of delays and road closures at ten p.m. MDT. The site reported that both lanes on highway Two, from highway thirteen to highway six hundred sixteen are closed and «travel on highways eighty eight and nine hundred eighty six is not recommended due to snow covered roads and poor visibility.»
Edmonton police recorded one hundred thirty three crashes – nine that caused injuries, nine hit and runs and one hundred fifteen involving minor damages. City police normally react to an average of inbetween fifty and seventy crashes each day, the Edmonton Journal reported
In Edmonton decent, the white-out conditions were so bad that the police shut down Anthony Henday Drive – the massive ring-road which encircles the city – for almost two hours Thursday evening.
Phat multi-vehicle pile-up injures three hundred people near Edmonton, National Post
Meaty multi-vehicle pile-up injures one hundred people near Edmonton
March 21, two thousand thirteen Four:23 PM EDT
About one hundred people suffered minor injuries in a massive multi-car pile up involving several semi-trailers and at least one hundred cars south of Leduc near Edmonton on Thursday.
One person with serious injuries was taken to the University Hospital in Edmonton, while twenty one others with minor to moderate injuries were transported to Leduc, Ponoka and other area hospitals, the health authority said. The majority of people hurt in the pileups – about eighty – suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene.
A kilometres-long spread of Highway two was entirely closed by a slew of disabled and trapped vehicles. Officials reported expected delays of up to six hours after slick roads and white-out conditions made travelling the road all but unlikely.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephanie Williams
The number of injuries was earlier thought to be around 300, but Alberta Health Services revised that number after people were assessed at the scene.
Derek Fildebrandt, the Alberta director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation was on his way to Edmonton on the bus when the pile up occurred.
«I was in the middle of writing my speech, just bitching about the budget, and all of the unexpected there were 18-wheelers flying around us,» he said. «Everyone could see out the windows and cars were narrowly avoiding us, flying around both sides.»
Highway two closed due to multi vehicle accident http://t.co/DuWzAng5oG via @TwitPic
The bus driver told the passengers to sit down and buckle up as they waited to be hit by more vehicles from behind, Mr. Fildebrandt said. Fortunately, the vehicle emerged from the accident unscathed.
Afterward, Mr. Fildebrandt got out of the bus and walked along the length of the accident scene ten minutes north and south, but witnessed neither the front nor the back of it.
«There would be another pile-up, almost like a wave and a crest,» he said. «Every two hundred metres, you`d see it was just carnage and wreckage…it just went on and on.»
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephanie Williams
In a massive pileup on highway two en route to Edmonton. Everyone on the Crimson Arrow is safe. I may be late. pic.twitter.com/LdfDVA6ZRo
This picture is from Queen Elizabeth Highway (QE Two) March 21, 2013. Edmonton, AB. Canada. Hope everyone is alright. pic.twitter.com/hTDCNfcI6e
He said he spotted one man with what appeared to be violated gams; another was trapped under his car. Civilians, very first responders and off-duty police officers were quick to react, he said.
Mr. Fildebrandt said he helped another accident victim pull his flatbed truck out of a ditch. The two then crossed over the median, doubled back and made it to Edmonton using country roads.
Wetaskiwin RCMP, along with Ponoka and Leduc integrated traffic units reported the multiple-vehicle collision northbound on the QEII, north of the Highway thirteen overpass, around 11:30 a.m. MDT. That crash set off a chain reaction in the area, involving more than one hundred vehicles in all, RCMP said.
Alberta Health Services, updating the situation via Twitter, said patients were being assessed in three Greyhound buses. Four transit buses were also sent to the scene to provide shelter.
Here’s a photo at pileup scene on Highway two near Highway 13, courtesy a source who’s been stuck all day. #yeg pic.twitter.com/szIVb6D6PC
The brutal storm has crippled Edmonton, delaying public transit and closing roads. The international airport advised passengers to avoid the highway and re-book their flights.
The early spring storm was expected to dump twenty five cm of snow on the city and surrounding areas.
The province`s road reports website, five hundred eleven Alberta
, was still warning commuters of delays and road closures at ten p.m. MDT. The site reported that both lanes on highway Two, from highway thirteen to highway six hundred sixteen are closed and «travel on highways eighty eight and nine hundred eighty six is not recommended due to snow covered roads and poor visibility.»
Edmonton police recorded one hundred thirty three crashes – nine that caused injuries, nine hit and runs and one hundred fifteen involving minor damages. City police normally react to an average of inbetween fifty and seventy crashes each day, the Edmonton Journal reported
In Edmonton decent, the white-out conditions were so bad that the police shut down Anthony Henday Drive – the massive ring-road which encircles the city – for almost two hours Thursday evening.
