FORT LAWRENCE, N.S. — The west bound lanes of Highway 104 were closed due to a tractor-trailer crash in Fort Lawrence, just outside of Amherst, N.S., earlier today.
The Trans-Canada Highway near the inbound scalehouse at Fort Lawrence was closed briefly as a towtruck pulled the tractor trailer from the ditch. Amherst firefighters were called to the scene to deal with a fuel leak from the truck. There were no injuries.
Police are asking motorists to slow down and to move over into the left-hand lane when approaching emergency vehicles.
This was one of 10 motor-vehicle accidents area RCMP had responded to on the Trans-Canada Highway and other roads in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
Twenty-five centimetres of snow fell on Amherst overnight Saturday and into Sunday morning, with temperatures dipping to below -15 C overnight Sunday with windchills approaching -30 C.
The quick freeze hampered snow clearing operations and limited the effectiveness of salt, leading to slippery road conditions.
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