Calgary police say there are at least three major crashes on Deerfoot Trail on Friday morning as frigid overnight temperatures likely led to icy conditions in many areas.
Between 5 p.m. and 5 a.m., Calgary police were called to respond to 47 crashes in the city. Four of those incidents involved injuries and nine were hit-and-runs.
However, with the conditions the way they are, police expect the number of crashes to rise dramatically.
One incident in the northbound lanes of the highway near Airport Trail caused a traffic back up.
Other crashes included a crash in the northbound lanes of Deerfoot Trail near Beddington Trail N.E., northbound Deerfoot near Memorial Drive and northbound Deerfoot Trail near 17 Avenue S.E.
CTV Calgary weather specialist Jodi Hughes said light snow and mist overnight led to icy road conditions throughout Calgary on Friday morning.
“Adding to the equation was a bit of freezing …