Watch: Wintry roads cause headache for Halifax commuters, Ray Bradshaw reports.
HALIFAX – At the height of the morning commuter rush to work on Monday, Nova Scotia was hit with another snow storm that made for slippery conditions and led to several accidents.
RCMP and police in Halifax were busy from 6 to 9 a.m. as more than 30 accidents were reported after snow began to fall.
“It created very slippery conditions,” said Halifax Regional Police spokesman Const. Pierre Bourdages. “We had a number of collisions within the roadway and also a number of cars off the road.”
An accident at the intersection of Ontario Street and Agricola Street resulted in one vehicle being flipped over on it’s side.
“We had the larger SUV that was hit by another car and upon the force of the collision the SUV flipped on its side,” Bourdages said. “There was no injuries. The collision is still under investigation, so no tickets were issued at this time.”
There were no serious injuries reported in any of the accidents. The commute was longer than usual for many motorists coming into Halifax, with one saying his 30-minute trip from Lower Sackville to Dartmouth more than doubled.
Many motorists were travelling with snow on the roof of their vehicles, which police say could make for a dangerous situation while driving.
“Although it’s not an offence to leave snow on top of your car, use common sense,” Bourdages said. “If you clean off your window and you’re leaving 10 or 15 centimetres of snow on top of your roof, it will eventually go somewhere. It’s going to slide backwards or when you slow down, it will go down your windows and you won’t be able to see anything.”
Bourdages said there’s a $176 fine for not clearing your windows of snow, ice and frost.
Most main streets were wet and slushy in places by midday, but the temperature is expected to drop again Monday night, setting the city up for another slippery commute on Tuesday.
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