2nd Alberta clipper storm system expected to hit Sask. in early hours of Friday
CBC
After one day of calm, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) says a second Alberta clipper storm will begin to hit western Saskatchewan early Friday morning.
"Around midnight you might start to see some snow starting in the west," said ECCC scientist Christy Climenhaga.
She said the southern half of the province will see strong winds gusting between 50 and 70 kilometres per hour, and between five and 10 centimetres of snow, but Friday's system will be less severe than Wednesdays.
That storm saw wind speeds up to 128 kilometers per hour in the town of Eastend, Sask., according to ECCC.
Areas around the Yellowhead Highway will see strong winds throughout the morning and the Trans-Canada Highway corridor from Regina toward Brandon, Man., is expected to get the heaviest snowfall and strongest winds, Climenhaga said.
Having two systems "back-to-back" will create problems, she said.
Wednesday's Alberta Clipper system is now in Ontario, but it created large swaths of mayhem in Saskatchewan, including a crash that killed a man in southern Saskatchewan.
RCMP say a 33-year-old man from Winnipeg died on the Trans-Canada highway Wednesday when the truck he was driving collided with another semi during stormy conditions.
According to police, the driver was killed in a serious crash involving three semi-trucks on Wednesday around 2:25 p.m. CST at the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 201, east of Broadview.
"The driver of one of those semis was pronounced deceased at the scene," RCMP spokesperson Keely Grasser said during a Thursday news conference on the aftermath of the storm.
The driver and passenger of the other truck involved in the crash were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The third driver did not report any injuries.
Police said two of the semis collided and a third left the road, but "investigators are determining whether it was also involved in the collision or took evasive action to avoid it."
Broadview RCMP are investigating the crash with the help of a collision reconstructionist.
Police said the Manitoba man's family has been notified.
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