Highway pileup near Edmonton leaves 100 injured

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Alberta Health Services confirms that 100 people were injured — one seriously — in a multi-vehicle pileup on Highway 2 south of Edmonton, near Leduc, that occurred during a spring snowstorm which caused havoc on area highways.

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Derek Fildebrandt, who was travelling on a Red Arrow passenger bus at the time, estimated at least 200 vehicles were involved and said he saw one man with what appeared to be broken legs.

“It’s a massive, massive crash,” he said. “It extended, got to be at least a few kilometres.”

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Derek Fildebrandt, who was travelling on a Red Arrow passenger bus at the time, estimated at least 200 vehicles were involved and said he saw one man with what appeared to be broken legs.

“It’s a massive, massive crash,” he said. “It extended, got to be at least a few kilometres.”

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2013/03/21/edmonton-snow-poor-driving.html

[sharp_stick]

1. I've been on that road a few times

it can really white out during a storm.

[u4ic]

2. I passed by it today

Coming in from the airport. It is really horrible driving - and this from someone who lived in the area for 20 years. I've seen a lot of these types of storms, and this ranks up there as a particularly bad one.

Apart from the driving conditions, though - there are too many dumbasses in the province who think they're indestructible in their hemis. No matter how many accidents that happen - they never learn. (I will also chide the semis on the road today, they were blasting by and creating even worse conditions)