It will be interesting to hear what the cause was. That is not the only uncontrolled non separated intersection on the highway west of the West Lake turnoff. There are many. There are also many that are simple accesses to single rural properties. Wonder if any other accidents have ocurred on the rest of that section of highway near other intersections.

I noticed, in the image provided to the story, that the road was not bare. It was covered with slush visible from the imprint made by the tires of the police vehicle. The yellow lines also look like they may not have been fully visible. That may have been a contributing factor.

Very obvious from the T-bone impact that yellow lines not being visible had nothing to do with this crash. Anyone that crashes because there were no visible lines should have never been driving in the first place!
Perhaps all the dirt that was spread all over the hwy in the area of this crash "after" the crash would indicate what the cause could be.

Being rear ended by a drunk driver while attempting a left turn, (St Peters) has what to do with the crash that occured yesterday? Two completely different scenerio's.

This crash "can" be compared to the one a few years back, a couple Kms west from this one where the young guy in the Eagle Plumbing van was killed during very similar road conditions. After that crash the hwy was layered in dirt as well.

Lets see.....lack of sand/salt trucks?

We all know the reputation of the stretch of hwy between PG and Bednesti.

Another very sad accident.Weather & road conditions,this time of year are changing minute by minute.
For the amount of traffic along that stretch of highway and all the feeder roads that feed Hwy 16.I think it is about time the M.O.H. four laned the highway to
Mud River Hill from Gauthier Rd.

It is time the government four laned the highway from Gauthier Road to Mud River. I have travelled this road for 15 years and every year there is someone killed on this stretch. This is a very busy highway.There is a bad corner just before west beaverly road where vehicles cross the line on a regular basis that needs to be taken out. It is amazing that there are not more accidents at Gauthier Road where the highway goes to two lanes. The traffic merges together from the lights and people have to cut others off ot they try to speed pass them all to merge. Come on Shirley Bond, get reviewing this yourself and get it changed!

Here is just an idea. The black car being hit on the left side suggests it slid into on coming traffic. Being front wheel drive makes it harder to control in slippery canditions. When starting to slide in a FWD car the automatic instinct is to take your foot of the gas which is not the right thing to do as the engine will induce drag to the front wheels acting like a brake to the front wheels only, causing the rear end to come around. One has to feather the throttle and how many people have that skill set.
A rear wheel drive car is easier to control in this situation. Foot off the gas, engine drag to the rear wheels, car straightens out with some steering input.

Skill sets should be incorporated into getting a drivers licence, not just a little tour around town. Getting a pilots licence totally involves skill sets, why not incorporated into the drivers licence?

Speed Kills

Whatever the cause, it is a very, very sad time for all the families involved. Sincere condolences to all of them and hopefully a speedy recovery to the injured. God Bless all of you and a big thankyou to Police, ambulance attendants and fire rescue personell.

Condolances to the families.

The roads on that stetch can get icy because the wind skips across it pretty easily. Meaning that wet roads turn to ice pretty quickly.

I have not done that much driving in the last three weeks. How has YRB been doing, I would not acuse them as being proactive company, but more on the line of a reactive company. I usually tell my guys, to hold off til after 8:30 before hitting the roads after a dump, don't want to beat the plow trucks onto the highway.

Good advice He spoke!
Problem with private road maintenance,and I am not saying this is YRB's fault in any way,...the less they do...the more profits they make at the end of the year.
I don't think there is any question that road maintenance is substandard in some areas.
I travel a lot in the winter, and it is easy to see the difference from one area to next.

Did anyone else notice the YRB sand truck parked on Jutland Rd and Highway 16w from about 10:00am to 2:00pm. There was a YRB pickup also. At 2:00pm when the RCMP reopened the highway the sand truck began spreading 1/4" or better sand at the scene of the accident. Put on a pretty good show. A hard days work for YRB.

"I noticed, in the image provided to the story, that the road was not bare. It was covered with slush visible from the imprint made by the tires of the police vehicle. The yellow lines also look like they may not have been fully visible. That may have been a contributing factor."

I was following the Intrepid, the hi-way was ice, plain and simple, I almost fell when I got out of the car at the accident. YRB had not been out(as usual)...

I hope all the survivors recover well and am very sorry for their losses.