ESTEVAN - Members of the Estevan RCMP had lots of activity earlier this week due to the blizzard that struck the area.
The RCMP had 27 calls for service between 6:45 p.m. Monday night and 10:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. All-but one was a call for police assistance or related to traffic, meaning vehicles stuck in the ditch or a stranded vehicle/person.
“We had calls about people stranded. Some lost visibility and drove into the ditch inadvertently,” said Estevan RCMP Sgt. Steven Ross. “The grid road conditions were just as bad as the highways with drifts and blowing snow.”
While it was a clear and sunny late morning Tuesday in Estevan, but outside of city limits the wind was still up and visibility was poor.”
There was a rollover in the Roche Percee valley and a collision on Highway 18 near Bienfait that was also weather-related.
“It was all types of vehicles getting stuck or stranded – SUV’s, mini vans, cars, trucks. Please heed travel warnings – they are in place for a reason,” Ross said.
