It was a deadly weekend in southeastern Saskatchewan, with nine people losing their lives in two separate crashes, and while Battlefords emergency crews scrambled to deal with seven collisions over the same time period, none resulted in fatalities.
Four crashes occurred Friday, spurring WPD Ambulance Operations Supervisor Jason Toovey to call for drivers to be aware winter driving conditions have arrived.
"Please remember to slow down with the changing road conditions. With all the new snow the roads are very slippery," Toovey urges in a press release.
A two vehicle crash at 8 a.m. Friday on Highway 40 east about eight kilomtres from North Battleford, sent three people to Battlefords Union Hospital, one with what WPD Ambulance describes as life threatening injuries. The other two were described as stable and a third was treated on the scene.
North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services employed hydraulic extraction rescue tools to free two occupants of one vehicle.
A second collision occurred at the intersection of Highways 29 and 40. This single vehicle crash occurred at 10 a.m. Friday Nov 19. An elderly male was transported in stable condition to BUH for treatment.
Crews were then called out for a two vehicle collision at 11:45 a.m. Friday at the intersection of 100th Street and 11th Avenue. Three patients were treated and released on scene. One patient was transported to BUH in stable condition.
At noon WPD responded to the intersection of 109th Street and 10th Avenue for a two vehicle collision. One patient was treated and released on scene and one patient transported in stable condition. NBFES also attended the crash and report a second vehicle involved in the crash fled the scene.
Saturday, at 6:15 p.m., four miles south on Highway 4, two vehicles were involved in a crash. Five patients were transported in stable condition to BUH. Two patients were treated and released on scene.
Sunday at 10:40 a.m. WPD ambulance staff responded to a call to a location on Highway 40 west approximately five kilometres from the Battlefords. A vehicle had hit the ditch. One patient was transported to BUH in stable condition.
A single vehicle rollover Monday at about 7 a.m. sent one person to hospital. The crash occurred about five kilometres from the Battlefords on Highway 16 east.
In addition to providing assistance at crash scenes NBFES responded to a carbon monoxide scare at 802 -100th St. Saturday evening. SaskEnergy also attended the call and high levels of carbon monoxide were detected. Down draft in a chimney was deemed the source of the problem.
Stream from a dryer vent, mistaken as smoke, sent firefighters to another call Sunday afternoon.
