220 collisions reported on snowy Edmonton streets this weekend
CBC News | Posted: December 31, 2018 1:42 AM | Last Updated: December 31, 2018
One collision was fatal and 12 resulted in injury
Snowy conditions turned Edmonton streets into a collision course this weekend as police received more than 220 reports of collisions on city roads.
Between 5 p.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Sunday, 12 crashes resulted in injury, 40 were hit-and-runs and 169 resulted in property damage, police said.
One was fatal.
A 26-year old woman died after hitting a cement bridge pillar at an overpass off Anthony Henday Drive Friday night.
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The city collisions were in addition to a 30-vehicle pileup on Highway 16 between Spruce Grove and Acheson Saturday morning, after a tractor-trailer jackknifed in the eastbound lane.