Fire crews extricate three people in Hwy 417 crash
Ottawa Fire extricated three people traveling on Highway 417 Eastbound, just West of Moodie Drive.
It was a messy and dangerous commute on the highways Tuesday.
A mixture of black ice and more than a dozen collisions kept paramedics busy.
Ottawa Fire High Angle were called to Highway 417 Eastbound, just West of Moodie Drive, at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday.
A vehicle veered off the roadway down a forty foot ditch.
Ottawa Fire extricated three people traveling in the same vehicle.
The driver, a 48-year-old woman, suffered back and lower leg injuries. Two passengers, a 77-year-old man and woman, suffered injuries as well.
Sergeant Kerry Schmidt says 341 people were killed on OPP patrolled roads in 2017.