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Cars are lined up for miles on the Queen Elizabeth Way this morning as snow squalls turn into glare ice, resulting in dozens of minor fender benders. (...)
Cars are lined up for miles on the Queen Elizabeth Way this morning as snow squalls turn into glare ice, resulting in dozens of minor fender benders. (...)

Cars are lined up for miles on the Queen Elizabeth Way this morning as snow squalls turn into glare ice, resulting in dozens of minor fender benders. (...)

Date12/5/1977
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  • Cars are lined up for miles on the Queen Elizabeth Way this morning as snow squalls turn into glare ice; resulting in dozens of minor fender benders. This is the scene looking west from Highway 427. Traffic was closed at 9th Line hill at Oakville until sanding trucks rolled into action.
  • Cars are lined up for miles on the Queen Elizabeth Way this morning as snow squalls turn into glare ice, resulting in dozens of minor fender benders. (...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Cars are lined up for miles on the Queen Elizabeth Way this morning as snow squalls turn into glare ice; resulting in dozens of minor fender benders. This is the scene looking west from Highway 427. Traffic was closed at 9th Line hill at Oakville until sanding trucks rolled into action.
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