Crashes reported all over Saskatchewan
Police were asking people to stay off Highway 11 between Regina and Saskatoon Thursday afternoon because of treacherous road conditions caused by freezing rain.
Lumsden RCMP said the highway, which was wet earlier in the day, became icy in the middle of the afternoon.
Travel was also not recommended on Highway 4 from Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park to Rosetown, where rain fell most of the day.
Trina Tigg, who works at the Co-op service station in Rosetown, told people to stay off the road.
"I had one gentleman come in earlier, and he actually drove through the ditch for five kilometres because he couldn't get traction on the highway. So he took the ditch instead. And he was in a good sized truck as well," she said.
Police were reporting a variety of car crashes and jackknifed semis on a number of Saskatchewan's highways Thursday morning.
That follows an Environment Canada warning about freezing rain and high winds across the south and central areas of the province.
No one was seriously hurt early Thursday, but there were numerous reports of collisions and rollovers.
The accidents reported by RCMP at 10:15 a.m. CST included:
a semi jackknifed on Highway 4 south of Swift Current.
a semi jackknifed on Highway 4 near Saskatchewan Landing.
a semi jackknifed on Highway 32 near Cabri.
a vehicle collision on Highway 33, eight kilometres east of Regina.
a vehicle rollover on Highway 2, south of Assiniboia.
a vehicle collision on Highway 7, near Flaxcombe.
Around 10:30 a.m. CST, travel was not recommended for the Bengough area on highways 18 and 34. According to the province's Highways Hotline, there were icy sections and reduced visibility due to fog and blowing snow.
Travel was also not recommended for areas around Gravelbourg and Assiniboia.
On the west side of the province, people can expect freezing rain and winds gusting to 90 kilometres an hour, Environment Canada said.
