8 car collision closes stretch of road in northwest Calgary

A stretch of road in northwest Calgary was closed for about three hours due to an eight-car accident that police say resulted from Thursday's snowstorm.

The east and westbound lanes of 144th Avenue N.W. wereclosed between 69th and 85th street, Calgary police say.

Detective Shawn Rupchan said EMSreceived a call around 7:30 p.m., for a report of a two-vehicle motor collision.

"That was switched over to a short time later to end up being three vehicles," he said. "No injuries, but by the end there were eight vehicles involved and the cause was due to slippery road conditions."

He said there werereports of accidents throughout the city, and advisedpeople to drive according to the conditions.

The route was reopened by 10:30 p.m.