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Only one person was injured and taken to hospital with minor injuries after a 30-vehicle pile-up near Spruce Grove, which is 11 km northwest of Edmonton.
“That’s very lucky given the road conditions,” said RCMP Sgt. Shawn French in a phone interview Saturday evening.
READ MORE: RCMP confirm death of 47-year-old man in collision north of Lacombe
The pile-up happened on Hwy 16 at the Century Road overpass by Spruce Grove after a semi jackknifed, which resulted in dozens of vehicles colliding.
EB Hwy16 east of Century Rd, near Spruce Grove – Jackknifed Semi – Expect major delays heading EB. (1:21pm) #ABRoads pic.twitter.com/A20lcANEyy
— 511 Alberta (@511Alberta) December 29, 2018
Sgt. French said RCMP haven’t determined what caused the semi to jackknife but added that the heavy snowfall and poor road conditions likely started the pile-up.
“We would like to remind Albertans that it’s winter driving conditions and they should slow down and take it easy on the roads.”
According to S/Sgt. Rodney Koscielny, Risk Manager, Northern Alberta, Western Alberta, and Central Alberta are getting heavy snowfall Saturday creating extremely poor road conditions and travel isn’t recommended.
Please be advised of heavy snow in north, central and western #Alberta. Travel is not advised at this time. https://t.co/jUuqnfKOkq
— RCMP Alberta (@RCMPAlberta) December 29, 2018
Environment Canada has issued blowing snow, wind warnings and advisories for parts of Alberta. #ABRoads #ABStorm For locations go to Environment Canada
Update: EB Hwy16 east of Century Rd, near Spruce Grove is now open after earlier multiple MVC. Jackknifed Semi has been cleared as well. (3:36pm) #ABRoads #yegtraffic https://t.co/PiuSDNYmal
— 511 Alberta (@511Alberta) December 29, 2018
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Stony Plain RCMP re-route traffic away from the jackknifed semi and 30 car pile up Dec. 29. Photo by Amy Jean Edwards-Bird
Amy Jean Edwards-Bird took this photo today of traffic backed up near Spruce Grove just before the Jennifer Heil overpass going east. (Facebook photo)
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