The Alberta RCMP reported 52 accidents, resulting in three injuries on Highway II between Edmonton and Calgary on Wednesday.
As of 9:30 a.m., Thursday, RCMP said they expect poor driving conditions to continue and advised drivers to stay home if they do not have to travel.
“If you must travel, RCMP want to advise motorists to use extreme caution, slow down and maintain an increased distance between yourself and other drivers,” RCMP said in a release.
RCMP in Leduc around 9:30 a.m. Thursday that they were responding to several collisions on Highway II due to “low visibility, blowing snow and icy roads.”
A collision caused the highway lane on the QEII northbound near Olds to be closed at around 11:20 a.m., but it was cleared by 11:42 a.m.
Environment Canada still had a snowfall warning in effect Thursday for Mountainview County, including Olds. They said a long period of snowfall of 10 to 30 cm is expected by Friday morning.