Crashes abound as poor road conditions reported across Alberta [Video]

Winter weather is wreaking havoc across Alberta with blowing snow and fluctuating temperatures leading to poor driving conditions.

An Environment Canada snowfall warning was in effect Thursday afternoon for a swath of western Alberta between Edmonton and the Rocky Mountains, in an area where at least two big collisions were reported.

One of those large crashes occurred northwest of Edmonton, on Highway 43 between Whitecourt and Fox Creek.

RCMP said officers were responding to multiple collisions in the north and southbound lanes of the highway near Two Creeks.

Fox Creek RCMP report several semi trucks and other various vehicles are involved and as of noon, the entire roadway was impassable.

A few hours later police said they were slowly making progress with vehicles clearing the road.

Area resident Grant Mott provided a photo to Global News, which showed several tractor-trailers either in the ditch or crashed on the road.

Mott said …