Heavy fog leads to crash in south Ottawa involving school bus

OTTAWA -- Heavy fog and a controlled agricultural burn in Ottawa's south end created low visibility conditions in an area where several collisions were reported Thursday morning.

One of the crashes, at Barnsdale Road and Moodie Drive, west of Highway 416, involved a school bus. There are no reports of injuries.

Moodie Drive was closed between Barnsdale Road and Brophy Drive, and Barnsdale was closed between Twin Elm and Moodie for several hours. Police said there was poor visibility and "several minor collisions" in the area.

Ottawa fire tweeted just before 10 a.m. that firefighters located a controlled agriculture burn in the area west of Moodie Drive, which combined with heavy fog was contributing to the low visibility conditions in the area.

Firefighters have located a controlled agricultural burn in the area west of Moodie drive which combined with heavy fog was contributing to the low visibility conditions in the area. Crews are actively working with the resident to extinguish the fire. #OttNews #OttTraffic https://t.co/JT9mk93cKG

— Ottawa Fire Services (@OttFire) February 18, 2021

 

This area is currently under heavy fog!
In the last hour, our crews have responded to two separate collisions.
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Cette région est actuellem. sous un épais brouillard !
Au cours de la dern. heure, nos équipes ont été appelés à intervenir sur les lieux de deux collisions distinctes https://t.co/Jl5TmGn6KT

— Ottawa Paramedic Svc | Service paramédic d'Ottawa (@OttawaParamedic) February 18, 2021