Wild weather turns deadly
Father, 2-year-old daughter among four killed in 38-vehicle pileup on 417
Vehicles lie smashed and scattered on Highway 417 following a deadly pileup yesterday, about 40 kilometres east of Ottawa. The Vars-area accident, which involved almost 40 vehicles, left four people dead.
Joel Kom; With files from Joanne Laucius and Steve Rennie, The Ottawa Citizen
Published: Saturday, February 18, 2006
A least four people died in a massive crash on Highway 417 east of Ottawa yesterday, the worst of dozens of accidents sparked by a weather roller-coaster of rain, snow, fierce winds, whiteouts and a flash freeze.
Before the day was out, the region saw two highway pileups as temperatures plunged from just above freezing to -14 C within five hours. Streets were blocked with tree branches and roads were treacherous. Some passengers at the Ottawa International Airport waited on the tarmac for eight hours due to grounded flights, and firefighters battled several blazes, including a downtown fire that destroyed a four-unit building.
The 11:30 a.m. Vars-area pileup at Exit 88 of Highway 417, about 40 kilometres east of Ottawa, involved 38 vehicles, according to the Ontario Provincial Police. Witnesses said five tractor-trailers were involved.
By 6 p.m., OPP had confirmed four deaths, including a father and his two-year-old daughter who died when their minivan collided with a tractor-trailer.
Two other men in separate vehicles were also killed, including one whose car was crushed beneath one of the tractor-trailers. The second man died on his way to hospital, said OPP Const. Diana Hampson.
Crash: Whiteout conditions a major factor in many accidents, police say
Continued from PAGE A1
Police have not released the names of the victims. As of late last night, firefighters were still working to extricate injured people from their vehicles.
Const. Hampson said 12 people were transported to hospital with "serious to critical" injuries. Those with minor injuries were transported to a fire station in Limoges.
"It's a mass of metal and vehicle parts," said Const. Hampson.
One of the drivers in the accident, Serge Prud'homme, a convenience store owner from Alexandria, said he got out of his car and watched as the crash chain reaction continued.
"The noise of the cars hitting each other was something else," he said.
The OPP said they would be cleaning up the mess well into this morning.
The major factor in the crash was the whiteout conditions, said Const. Hampson. Police even had difficulty getting to the scene.
"It's a mess, just a mess," said Craig Russell, the dispatcher for Dan's Towing and Boosting Service in Vars, which dispatched all 11 of its tow trucks to clear the wreckage. Last night, there were still at least 20 tow trucks on the scene.
Mr. Russell said Dan's Towing owner Dan Dion was shocked by what he saw. "He says it's the worst he's seen in 25 years," Mr. Russell said.
But the Vars-area crash was only the second of two major pileups yesterday.
At 10:40 a.m. on Highway 417 on the west side of Ottawa, just east of Arnprior, icy road conditions combined with the flash freeze and severe whiteouts to cause a 30-car pileup just east of the Upper Dwyer Hill Road exit, said OPP Const. Dana Mellon. There were only minor injuries.
A combined stretch of Highways 417 and 17 was closed from Panmure Road, just west of the Highway 7 split, all the way to Pembroke.
A small section of Highway 17 had already been closed since 9:30 a.m. because of another accident. Two transport trucks and several cars were involved in a collision on the highway between Bruce Street and O'Brien Road, said OPP Const. Janice Sawbridge.
Police decided to close the whole stretch of Highway 17 from Arnprior to Pembroke once the weather got worse. Some sections remained closed for four hours, but the Arnprior-Pembroke stretch was re-opened by around 1:30 p.m.
Hydro Ottawa and Hydro One reported more than half a dozen power outages throughout the day.
High winds wreaked havoc on ice-covered trees, and Ottawa police reported hanging power lines and traffic lights across the city.
One mid-morning power outage left 3,120 Kanata customers without power for half an hour. Other spots around Ottawa had no power for several hours, although Hydro Ottawa reported that all power was restored by 4 p.m. Altogether, about 10,000 households in the region were without power.
Police sent out numerous bulletins advising motorists to stay off the roads because of the strong winds and whiteouts, and police and city crews grappled with 40 accidents between 11:30 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. alone.
There were also three multi-vehicle pileups on city roads. Greenbank Road was temporarily closed closed between Hunt Club Road and Fallowfield Road, as were Woodroffe Avenue from Slack Road to Fallowfield Road, and Richmond Road south of Kanata to Fallowfield Road.
The fickle weather was sparked by cold Arctic air clashing with warm southern air started out early Friday morning with a mixed bag of rain, freezing rain and snow. But by about 8 a.m., the temperature had edged down below the freezing mark, creating a flash freeze between about 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Winds pounded steadily at 54 km/h and gusted up to 68 km/h -- that's a gale-force wind according to the Beaufort wind scale -- and they were gaining. Montreal weather watchers recorded winds of up to 111 km/h.
By 1 p.m., temperatures had dropped to -14C -- a drop of about 15 degrees in only five hours.
"We had the forecast," said city of Ottawa director of surface operations John Manchioni, who said the flash freeze was the biggest challenge for city crews.
"The thing that exacerbated things was the flash freeze and the winds."
© The Ottawa Citizen 2006
By online translator
狂放的天气转动致命
父亲, 2 岁的女儿在四之中杀害了在38 车堆积在417
车说谎捣毁和驱散在高速公路417 昨天跟随致命的堆积, 大约40 公里在渥太华东边。 Vars 区域事故, 哪辆被介入的几乎40 辆车, 左边四个人死。
Joel Kom; 与文件从Joanne Laucius 和史蒂夫・Rennie, 渥太华公民
出版: 星期六, 2月18 日, 2006 年
最少四个人昨天死在巨型的崩溃在高速公路417 在渥太华东边, 最坏许多事故发了火花由雨天气过山车, 雪, 剧烈风, whiteouts 和一刹那结冰。
在天之前是, 区域看见了二高速公路堆积作为温度被浸入从结冻度以上到-14 C 在五个小时之内。 街道被阻拦了以树枝并且路是诡谲的。 一些乘客在渥太华国际机场等待了在柏油碎石地面八个小时由于地面飞行, 并且消防人员作战了几火焰, 包括毁坏一个四单位大厦的街市火。
11:30 a 。m 。 Vars 区域堆积在出口88 高速公路417, 大约40 公里在渥太华东边, 包含的38 辆车, 根据安大略省警察。 证人说五个tractor-trailers 是包含的。
由6 p 。m., OPP 证实了四死亡, 包括父亲和死的他的二岁的女儿当他们的微型货车与tractor-trailer 碰撞了。
二个其它人在分开的车里并且被杀害了, 包括一汽车被击碎在tractor-trailers 的当中一个之下。 第二个人死了在他的途中对医院, 前述OPP Const 。 戴安娜・Hampson 。
崩溃: Whiteout 适应一个主要因素在许多事故, 警察说
继续从页A1
警察未公布受害者的名字。 晚昨晚自, 消防人员仍然工作解救被伤害的人民从他们的车。
Const 。 Hampson 认为12 个人被运输了对医院与"严肃对重要" 伤害。 那些以轻伤被运输了对消防局在里摩日。
"这是金属和车零件大量,"Const 说。 Hampson 。
Prud'homme, 一个便利商店所有者从亚历山大, 前述他离开了他的汽车和观看了当崩溃链式反应继续了。
"汽车的噪声击中是其他,"他说。
OPP 认为他们会清扫混乱很好入今晨。
主要因素在崩溃是whiteout 条件, 前述Const 。 Hampson 。 维持治安甚而有困难得到对场面。
"这是混乱, 混乱,"Russell 说Craig, 调度员为丹的拖曳和促进的服务在Vars, 哪些派遣所有11 它的拖车清除残骸。 昨晚, 在现场仍然有至少20 辆拖车。
先生。 Russell 说的丹的拖曳所有者丹・Dion 由什么冲击了他看见了。 "他说它最坏他被看见好几年25,"先生。 Russell 说。
但Vars 区域崩溃昨天是唯一秒钟二主要堆积。
在10:40 a 。m 。 在高速公路417 在渥太华的西边, 在Arnprior 东边, 冰冷的公路状况结合以一刹那结冰和严厉whiteouts 导致30 汽车堆积在上部Dwyer 小山路出口东边, 前述OPP Const 。 Dana 梅隆。 有唯一轻伤。
联合的舒展高速公路417 和17 是闭合的从Panmure 路, 在高速公路7 分裂西边, 一直对Pembroke 。
高速公路17 的一个小部分已经被关闭从9:30 a 。m 。 由于其它事故。 二辆运输卡车和几辆汽车被介入了在碰撞在高速公路在布鲁斯街道和O'Brien 路之间, 前述OPP Const 。 Janice Sawbridge 。
警察决定结束整体舒展高速公路17 从Arnprior 对Pembroke 一旦天气得到了更坏。 一些部分依然是闭合四个小时, 但Arnprior-Pembroke 舒展是再开的大约1:30 p 。m 。
与氢结合的渥太华和水力发电你日间报告了更多比半打力量储运损耗。
大风对冰被盖的树遭成破坏, 并且渥太华警察全市报告了垂悬的输电线和红绿灯。
一上午力量储运损耗留下3,120 名Kanata 顾客没有力量为半小时。 其它斑点在渥太华附近没有力量几个小时, 虽然与氢结合渥太华报道, 所有力量被4 p 恢复了。m 。 一共, 大约10,000 个家庭在这个区域是没有力量。
警察派出许多公报劝告驾驶人停留路由于猛烈的风和whiteouts, 并且警察和城市乘员组埋头苦干40 次事故在11:30 a 之间。m 。 并且1:45 p 。m 。 单独。
有并且三多车堆积在城市路。 Greenbank 路临时地是闭合闭合的在狩猎俱乐部路和Fallowfield 路之间, 象Woodroffe 大道从自由散漫的路对Fallowfield 路, 并且里士满Kanata 路南部对Fallowfield 路。
善变的天气由冷的北极航空发了火花撞击与温暖的南部的空气开始在早期的星期五早晨之外与一个混杂的袋子雨, 结冰的雨和雪。 但由大约8 a 。m., 温度渐近了下来在结冰的标记之下, 创造一刹那结冰在大约11 a 之间。m 。 并且1 p 。m 。
风平稳地捣了在54 公里h 和猛吹68 公里是大风力量风根据Beaufort 风标度-- 的h -- 并且他们获取。 蒙特利尔天气看守人记录了111 公里风h 。
由1 p 。m., 温度下降了到-14C -- 大约15 度下落在只五个小时。
"我们有展望,"城市说表面操作约翰・Manchioni 的渥太华主任, 谁认为一刹那结冰是最大的挑战为城市乘员组。
"恶化事的事是一刹那结冰和风。"
. 渥太华公民2006 年
Father, 2-year-old daughter among four killed in 38-vehicle pileup on 417
Vehicles lie smashed and scattered on Highway 417 following a deadly pileup yesterday, about 40 kilometres east of Ottawa. The Vars-area accident, which involved almost 40 vehicles, left four people dead.
Joel Kom; With files from Joanne Laucius and Steve Rennie, The Ottawa Citizen
Published: Saturday, February 18, 2006
A least four people died in a massive crash on Highway 417 east of Ottawa yesterday, the worst of dozens of accidents sparked by a weather roller-coaster of rain, snow, fierce winds, whiteouts and a flash freeze.
Before the day was out, the region saw two highway pileups as temperatures plunged from just above freezing to -14 C within five hours. Streets were blocked with tree branches and roads were treacherous. Some passengers at the Ottawa International Airport waited on the tarmac for eight hours due to grounded flights, and firefighters battled several blazes, including a downtown fire that destroyed a four-unit building.
The 11:30 a.m. Vars-area pileup at Exit 88 of Highway 417, about 40 kilometres east of Ottawa, involved 38 vehicles, according to the Ontario Provincial Police. Witnesses said five tractor-trailers were involved.
By 6 p.m., OPP had confirmed four deaths, including a father and his two-year-old daughter who died when their minivan collided with a tractor-trailer.
Two other men in separate vehicles were also killed, including one whose car was crushed beneath one of the tractor-trailers. The second man died on his way to hospital, said OPP Const. Diana Hampson.
Crash: Whiteout conditions a major factor in many accidents, police say
Continued from PAGE A1
Police have not released the names of the victims. As of late last night, firefighters were still working to extricate injured people from their vehicles.
Const. Hampson said 12 people were transported to hospital with "serious to critical" injuries. Those with minor injuries were transported to a fire station in Limoges.
"It's a mass of metal and vehicle parts," said Const. Hampson.
One of the drivers in the accident, Serge Prud'homme, a convenience store owner from Alexandria, said he got out of his car and watched as the crash chain reaction continued.
"The noise of the cars hitting each other was something else," he said.
The OPP said they would be cleaning up the mess well into this morning.
The major factor in the crash was the whiteout conditions, said Const. Hampson. Police even had difficulty getting to the scene.
"It's a mess, just a mess," said Craig Russell, the dispatcher for Dan's Towing and Boosting Service in Vars, which dispatched all 11 of its tow trucks to clear the wreckage. Last night, there were still at least 20 tow trucks on the scene.
Mr. Russell said Dan's Towing owner Dan Dion was shocked by what he saw. "He says it's the worst he's seen in 25 years," Mr. Russell said.
But the Vars-area crash was only the second of two major pileups yesterday.
At 10:40 a.m. on Highway 417 on the west side of Ottawa, just east of Arnprior, icy road conditions combined with the flash freeze and severe whiteouts to cause a 30-car pileup just east of the Upper Dwyer Hill Road exit, said OPP Const. Dana Mellon. There were only minor injuries.
A combined stretch of Highways 417 and 17 was closed from Panmure Road, just west of the Highway 7 split, all the way to Pembroke.
A small section of Highway 17 had already been closed since 9:30 a.m. because of another accident. Two transport trucks and several cars were involved in a collision on the highway between Bruce Street and O'Brien Road, said OPP Const. Janice Sawbridge.
Police decided to close the whole stretch of Highway 17 from Arnprior to Pembroke once the weather got worse. Some sections remained closed for four hours, but the Arnprior-Pembroke stretch was re-opened by around 1:30 p.m.
Hydro Ottawa and Hydro One reported more than half a dozen power outages throughout the day.
High winds wreaked havoc on ice-covered trees, and Ottawa police reported hanging power lines and traffic lights across the city.
One mid-morning power outage left 3,120 Kanata customers without power for half an hour. Other spots around Ottawa had no power for several hours, although Hydro Ottawa reported that all power was restored by 4 p.m. Altogether, about 10,000 households in the region were without power.
Police sent out numerous bulletins advising motorists to stay off the roads because of the strong winds and whiteouts, and police and city crews grappled with 40 accidents between 11:30 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. alone.
There were also three multi-vehicle pileups on city roads. Greenbank Road was temporarily closed closed between Hunt Club Road and Fallowfield Road, as were Woodroffe Avenue from Slack Road to Fallowfield Road, and Richmond Road south of Kanata to Fallowfield Road.
The fickle weather was sparked by cold Arctic air clashing with warm southern air started out early Friday morning with a mixed bag of rain, freezing rain and snow. But by about 8 a.m., the temperature had edged down below the freezing mark, creating a flash freeze between about 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Winds pounded steadily at 54 km/h and gusted up to 68 km/h -- that's a gale-force wind according to the Beaufort wind scale -- and they were gaining. Montreal weather watchers recorded winds of up to 111 km/h.
By 1 p.m., temperatures had dropped to -14C -- a drop of about 15 degrees in only five hours.
"We had the forecast," said city of Ottawa director of surface operations John Manchioni, who said the flash freeze was the biggest challenge for city crews.
"The thing that exacerbated things was the flash freeze and the winds."
© The Ottawa Citizen 2006
By online translator
狂放的天气转动致命
父亲, 2 岁的女儿在四之中杀害了在38 车堆积在417
车说谎捣毁和驱散在高速公路417 昨天跟随致命的堆积, 大约40 公里在渥太华东边。 Vars 区域事故, 哪辆被介入的几乎40 辆车, 左边四个人死。
Joel Kom; 与文件从Joanne Laucius 和史蒂夫・Rennie, 渥太华公民
出版: 星期六, 2月18 日, 2006 年
最少四个人昨天死在巨型的崩溃在高速公路417 在渥太华东边, 最坏许多事故发了火花由雨天气过山车, 雪, 剧烈风, whiteouts 和一刹那结冰。
在天之前是, 区域看见了二高速公路堆积作为温度被浸入从结冻度以上到-14 C 在五个小时之内。 街道被阻拦了以树枝并且路是诡谲的。 一些乘客在渥太华国际机场等待了在柏油碎石地面八个小时由于地面飞行, 并且消防人员作战了几火焰, 包括毁坏一个四单位大厦的街市火。
11:30 a 。m 。 Vars 区域堆积在出口88 高速公路417, 大约40 公里在渥太华东边, 包含的38 辆车, 根据安大略省警察。 证人说五个tractor-trailers 是包含的。
由6 p 。m., OPP 证实了四死亡, 包括父亲和死的他的二岁的女儿当他们的微型货车与tractor-trailer 碰撞了。
二个其它人在分开的车里并且被杀害了, 包括一汽车被击碎在tractor-trailers 的当中一个之下。 第二个人死了在他的途中对医院, 前述OPP Const 。 戴安娜・Hampson 。
崩溃: Whiteout 适应一个主要因素在许多事故, 警察说
继续从页A1
警察未公布受害者的名字。 晚昨晚自, 消防人员仍然工作解救被伤害的人民从他们的车。
Const 。 Hampson 认为12 个人被运输了对医院与"严肃对重要" 伤害。 那些以轻伤被运输了对消防局在里摩日。
"这是金属和车零件大量,"Const 说。 Hampson 。
Prud'homme, 一个便利商店所有者从亚历山大, 前述他离开了他的汽车和观看了当崩溃链式反应继续了。
"汽车的噪声击中是其他,"他说。
OPP 认为他们会清扫混乱很好入今晨。
主要因素在崩溃是whiteout 条件, 前述Const 。 Hampson 。 维持治安甚而有困难得到对场面。
"这是混乱, 混乱,"Russell 说Craig, 调度员为丹的拖曳和促进的服务在Vars, 哪些派遣所有11 它的拖车清除残骸。 昨晚, 在现场仍然有至少20 辆拖车。
先生。 Russell 说的丹的拖曳所有者丹・Dion 由什么冲击了他看见了。 "他说它最坏他被看见好几年25,"先生。 Russell 说。
但Vars 区域崩溃昨天是唯一秒钟二主要堆积。
在10:40 a 。m 。 在高速公路417 在渥太华的西边, 在Arnprior 东边, 冰冷的公路状况结合以一刹那结冰和严厉whiteouts 导致30 汽车堆积在上部Dwyer 小山路出口东边, 前述OPP Const 。 Dana 梅隆。 有唯一轻伤。
联合的舒展高速公路417 和17 是闭合的从Panmure 路, 在高速公路7 分裂西边, 一直对Pembroke 。
高速公路17 的一个小部分已经被关闭从9:30 a 。m 。 由于其它事故。 二辆运输卡车和几辆汽车被介入了在碰撞在高速公路在布鲁斯街道和O'Brien 路之间, 前述OPP Const 。 Janice Sawbridge 。
警察决定结束整体舒展高速公路17 从Arnprior 对Pembroke 一旦天气得到了更坏。 一些部分依然是闭合四个小时, 但Arnprior-Pembroke 舒展是再开的大约1:30 p 。m 。
与氢结合的渥太华和水力发电你日间报告了更多比半打力量储运损耗。
大风对冰被盖的树遭成破坏, 并且渥太华警察全市报告了垂悬的输电线和红绿灯。
一上午力量储运损耗留下3,120 名Kanata 顾客没有力量为半小时。 其它斑点在渥太华附近没有力量几个小时, 虽然与氢结合渥太华报道, 所有力量被4 p 恢复了。m 。 一共, 大约10,000 个家庭在这个区域是没有力量。
警察派出许多公报劝告驾驶人停留路由于猛烈的风和whiteouts, 并且警察和城市乘员组埋头苦干40 次事故在11:30 a 之间。m 。 并且1:45 p 。m 。 单独。
有并且三多车堆积在城市路。 Greenbank 路临时地是闭合闭合的在狩猎俱乐部路和Fallowfield 路之间, 象Woodroffe 大道从自由散漫的路对Fallowfield 路, 并且里士满Kanata 路南部对Fallowfield 路。
善变的天气由冷的北极航空发了火花撞击与温暖的南部的空气开始在早期的星期五早晨之外与一个混杂的袋子雨, 结冰的雨和雪。 但由大约8 a 。m., 温度渐近了下来在结冰的标记之下, 创造一刹那结冰在大约11 a 之间。m 。 并且1 p 。m 。
风平稳地捣了在54 公里h 和猛吹68 公里是大风力量风根据Beaufort 风标度-- 的h -- 并且他们获取。 蒙特利尔天气看守人记录了111 公里风h 。
由1 p 。m., 温度下降了到-14C -- 大约15 度下落在只五个小时。
"我们有展望,"城市说表面操作约翰・Manchioni 的渥太华主任, 谁认为一刹那结冰是最大的挑战为城市乘员组。
"恶化事的事是一刹那结冰和风。"
. 渥太华公民2006 年
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