Snowy streets are thought to be at least partially responsible for a series of collisions on Calgary roads on Monday.
Emergency crews were called to a rollover on Glenmore Trail at around 8 a.m. The crash occurred in the westbound lanes approaching Deerfoot Trail S.E.
Shortly after, a second rollover occurred just meters away on westbound Glenmore Trail approaching Blackfoot Trail S.E.
EMS said drivers in both rollovers suffered only minor injuries.
Police were then called to a multi-vehicle collision on southbound Deerfoot Trail at Douglasdale Blvd. S.E. No injuries were reported.
Later, emergency crews were called to a collision on southbound Macleod Trail and 58 Avenue S.W. One person was checked on scene by EMS.
Just before noon, another collision was reported on westbound Glenmore Trail approaching Blackfoot Trail S.E. in the same area as the previous two rollovers.
On its website, the City of Calgary said snow stopped falling shortly after 1 a.m. on Monday.
“Crews have been out there all night. We had extra crews out there last night, today and again tonight,” Chris McGeahey with the City of Calgary said. “The focus is to move as many Calgarians as possible safely through the city.”
Crews are focusing on plowing, salting and sanding Priority 1 routes. When Priority 1 routes have been cleared, crews will move on to Priority 2 routes.
As of 9 a.m., the City of Calgary said it does not anticipate the need to call a snow route parking ban.
With files from Doug Vaessen
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