Three drivers cited for careless driving in six-semi pile-up during snowstorm

Four truck drivers in two different accidents were cited for careless driving during a snowstorm in Canada this week. 

Both incidents occurred on Highway 11 between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. near Driftwood, Ontario and Hearst, Ontario on Wednesday, December 4th. 

According to Sudbury News, the first incident occurred while officers were implementing traffic control for another vehicle being towed out of a ditch. An oncoming semi truck was unable to stop for the slowed traffic and crashed into the back of another commercial vehicle. The 20-year-old truck driver was charged with careless driving causing bodily harm after their passenger sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the crash. 

The second incident involved a pile up of six commercial vehicles, resulting in three drivers being charged with  careless driving. No injuries were reported in that chain reaction crash. 

“The OPP urges all drivers, particularly those operating large vehicles, to exercise extreme caution in winter conditions,” officials stated in a release.