Residents in most of the area began digging out their vehicles on Thursday icestorm Which passed through this area on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.
It was snowing in full force, but that didn’t stop the winter storm from wreaking havoc on the roads.
According to Kingston Police15 traffic since it began snowing Wednesday afternoon Collision Reported within the city.
“Fortunately, the vast majority of all collisions either resulted in no injuries, just property damage or vehicle damage, or minor injuries,” said Sgt. Steve Koopman with Kingston Police
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Highway 401 wasn’t much better.
According to the OPP, 27 collisions have been reported on Highway 401 in the 24 hours since the snow began.
In one case, an accident in Napanee caused the 401 to be closed, but police say there were no serious injuries.
“We were fortunate enough that we didn’t experience too much in the way of road closures, but we did have Highway 401, the westbound lanes, closed in the Nappanee area between County Road 4 and County Road 5 due to a collision Done,” said Acting Sgt. Erin Cranton with the Ontario Provincial Police.
Even though the roads were a bit muddy in the early hours of Thursday, it did not deter people from going about their day-to-day activities.
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“Since yesterday, it’s been very difficult to drive, especially on the streets of Kingston. I just moved here from Scarborough, so I guess we’re not good at cleaning the roads here,” said Kingston resident and motorist Jay Chowdhary .
Taxi driver Bruce McMurray said road conditions were improving as progress progressed.
“Now that all the cars are over it, everything gets really muddy, so you slip a lot. But it’s getting better, except on the side streets, they’re always the last ones to do McMurray said.
Both Kingston and provincial police are advising drivers to slow down, leave more space between themselves and the vehicle in front, and allow more time to reach their destination.
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