52 crashes on QEII on Wednesday, police urge drivers to stay home on Thursday
Mounties are urging drivers to be cautious after crews responded to 52 crashes, including three that caused injury, on the QEII between Edmonton and Calgary on Wednesday.
Other serious crashes have been reported throughout the province, police added in a 9:30 a.m. traffic advisory.
As the snow continues to fall on Thursday, police are asking drivers to stay home if they don't have to travel.
"If you must travel, RCMP want to advise motorists to use extreme caution, slow down and maintain an increased distance between yourself and other drivers," police said in a Thursday news release.
"This morning there was quite a lot of low visibility in the area, blowing snow and ice on the roads, maintenance workers were out, but we were noticing a lot of drivers not driving according to the road conditions," Cst. Cheri-Lee Smith of Leduc RCMP told CTV News Edmonton on Thursday.
"And certainly we saw quite a few vehicles that didn't actually have the snow removed from the vehicle before they left home to start their commute today."
A snowfall warning was issued Thursday for most of southern Alberta, including Calgary, Lethbridge, Drumheller, and Banff.
Seventy-three people reported crashes in Edmonton between 8 a.m. and noon on Thursday.
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