Snowfall leads to busy Sunday for Calgary emergency crews

It was a busy way to end the weekend for paramedics and police officers, as heavy snow led to more than 100 crashes on city streets.

Calgary police acting detective Jody Cross said from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Sunday, officers responded to a total of 107 collisions.

“Of those, 93 were non-injury, property damage accidents, whether they were off-road and hit a tree or a fence, or one vehicle into another,” Cross said. “The other 14 were injury accidents. Luckily, of those, none were major injuries that were reported. All just sore back, sore neck, that sort of thing.”

Meanwhile, EMS public education officer Adam Loria said his crews were at more than 25 crashes in and around Calgary.

“Some of those collisions were non-injury. Some of them did result in non-life-threatening injuries and subsequent transport to various hospitals. But none resulted in any life-threatening injuries, fortunately,” Loria said.

Loria added, the weather definitely played a role in the higher-than-average number of incidents emergency crews dealt with.

Both Loria and Cross want to remind drivers to drive to the weather, which means driving slowly, leaving enough space between vehicles while driving, planning ahead, and leaving enough time to get from point A to point B.

“Plan ahead. Give yourself a number of extra minutes to get to your location, it will be a slow commute,” Loria said. “If you haven’t done so already, ensure your vehicle is winterized with winter tires [and] an ice scraper.”

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