Haligonians had a messy commute on Tuesday, courtesy of a large dump of snow and intermittent freezing rain.
Law enforcement say they responded to at least 26 vehicle collisions throughout the Halifax Regional Municipality on Tuesday morning.
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Halifax Regional Police have reported that they responded to 19 collisions in their jurisdiction since the snow started Tuesday, while Halifax District RCMP responded seven by 10 a.m.
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Only one collision resulted in anyone sustaining injuries, which Dal Hutchinson of the RCMP described as minor.
The adverse weather conditions also affected the Halifax Transit bus fleet.
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According to the Halifax Transit official Twitter account, at 10:12 a.m., the weather had caused so many delays that 56 per cent of its fleet was running 45 minutes or more behind schedule.
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