Freezing rain leads to multiple collisions in Saskatoon

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As colder weather sets in for the season, Saskatoon isn’t so much ‘walking in a winter wonderland’ as ‘driving over hazardously icy roads.’

On Saturday morning, Saskatoon was under a severe weather alert for “freezing drizzle” conditions, and police officers were imploring drivers to slow down and take extra care behind the wheel.

“Freezing drizzle can produce thin, hard-to-detect layers of ice (and there have been) reports of untreated surfaces becoming slippery,” Environment Canada explained in a weather alert.

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The agency also said the weather conditions should improve by Saturday afternoon, but that could only be cold comfort to multiple drivers who already found themselves outmatched by the increasingly-severe ice.

“This morning, officers have already responded to several collisions involving multiple vehicles on the Circle Drive North Bridge, Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge and several areas along Circle Drive,” the Saskatoon Police Service said in a 10:30 a.m. news release. “Traffic restrictions and delays in these areas are ongoing.

“We remind drivers to allow for extra driving time and stopping distance, use caution and slow down when approaching emergency vehicles.”

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