A major accident on Highway 401 near Port Hope was just one of hundreds of crashes in Southern Ontario after a heavy blast of winter made for slick driving. The highway east of Port Hope was still closed late in the afternoon as the OPP investigated a crash between a small car and a transport truck.
The victims in that accident had to be pulled out from the vehicle and were sent to hospital with serious injuries.
There were more than 500 collisions Saturday along the major Greater Toronto highways, OPP Staff Sgt. Bruce Pritchard said.
Freezing drizzle made the drive into the city treacherous in stretches, although most of the accidents were minor.
The majority of the crashes were along the 401 and the 404, with cars sliding into the ditch or guard rails. Around 10 a.m. a tractor-trailer jack-knifed across the 401 westbound at Whites Rd. and caused two lanes of the highway to close.
At Pearson International Airport, about 10 flights were cancelled and more than three dozen delayed as crews worked to de-ice each plane leaving the busy hub, creating a backlog of flights waiting to leave.
"It was widespread. You're seeing a bit of a snowball effect," said Greater Toronto Airport Authority spokeperson Scott Armstrong, who added that the cancellations are still just "a bit higher than usual."
According to Environment Canada, that wintry weather is here to stay with light snow continuing today and lows near -16C Monday.
The collisions weren't the only surprise on the roads. Const. Angela Diase might have expected a typical call when she stopped to investigate a van pulled over on Hwy. 407 at Markham Rd. Instead, Diase found a woman in labour and, before an ambulance could arrive, had a healthy baby boy wrapped in her jacket, OPP said.
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