Three drivers charged after driving on closed highway during storm
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The snow squalls that paralyzed midwestern Ontario over the weekend kept OPP very busy, and now they’re offering drivers some needed advice on winter driving after responding to more than 36 traffic calls and laying several charges.
The snow squalls that paralyzed midwestern Ontario over the weekend kept OPP very busy, and now they’re offering drivers some needed advice on winter driving after responding to more than 36 traffic calls and laying several charges.
According to a press release from South Bruce OPP, from 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 17 and 2:05 p.m. on Nov. 20, South Bruce OPP responded to a total of 36 traffic calls, in addition to other calls for assistance.
Police said the additional calls involved car crashes, cars stopped in live lanes of traffic, cars left on the shoulder of the road and cars in ditches.
According to Inspector Krista Miller, OPP officers responded to a two-vehicle crash and two calls for vehicles that skid into the ditch on a closed highway. Miller said the highway was closed for safety due to pockets of “zero visibility” that caused dangerous driving conditions.
The three drivers were charged with driving on a closed highway.
“The consequences could have been so much worse,” said Miller. “Road safety is a shared responsibility, please do your part.”
