Toronto digging out from April snow storm
Posted April 4, 2016 6:57 am.
Last Updated April 4, 2016 7:29 am.
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TORONTO (NEWS 1130) – No matter how bad your commute is this morning, it doesn’t compare to what drivers in Southern Ontario are dealing with today.
Toronto has been hit with more than 15cm of snowfall. Normally, the area only gets around five centimetres of snow in April.
The storm led to some school bus cancellations just outside the Toronto area.
The City of Toronto issued an extreme cold weather alert today, triggering extra services for the homeless.
The storm caught many commuters off-guard. Ontario provincial police said they’ve received about 500 calls for collisions, including a pileup on Highway 400 north of Toronto involving as many as 40 vehicles.
The crash sent at least nine people to hospital with minor injuries, and blocked the lanes for hours.
In Toronto, police reported more than 100 crashes in the 12 hours.
In one case, five people were taken to hospital for minor injuries after a bus crashed on Highway 427 early this morning.
