{"id":15419,"date":"2025-02-07T17:33:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/07\/ontario-highway-shut-down-after-multi-vehicle-crash-in-snowy-conditions\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:33:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:33:04","slug":"ontario-highway-shut-down-after-multi-vehicle-crash-in-snowy-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/07\/ontario-highway-shut-down-after-multi-vehicle-crash-in-snowy-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario highway shut down after multi-vehicle crash in snowy conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text 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avoid the area to limit similar crashes on other nearby roads after the highway closure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSide roads are experiencing higher volumes with similar road conditions resulting in subsequent collisions,\u201d OPP said.<\/p>\n<p>The force is promising an update from its detachment in Orillia<\/p>\n<p>Parts of Highway 11 have already been closed for a major snowstorm this season.<\/p>\n<p>The highway was closed between Huntsville and Orillia in late November after snow made it impassable.<\/p>\n<p>Snowmobile-riding first responders took to otherwise impassable roads to help rescue people from stranded vehicles around Muskoka, police said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The storm was so severe that nearby Gravenhurst declared a state of emergency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Toronto<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More 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