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Slept through the snow storm? Here's what you missed

It might be a little messy out there still, but if you were able to spend the overnight hours indoors and off the roads, consider yourself lucky.

There were an estimated 54 collisions overnight in Toronto

A TTC bus was one of several vehicles involved in crashes on Toronto roads overnight (Tony Smyth/CBC)

It might be a little messy out there still, but if you were able to spend the overnight hours indoors and off the roads, consider yourself lucky.

A TTC bus was one of several vehicles involved in crashes on Toronto roads on Sunday night and early Monday morning.

A TTC bus crashed into a hydro pole on Dundas St. West near Scarlett Rd. (Tony Smyth/CBC)

The bus lost control and slid into a hydro pole at the corner of Dundas Street West and Humber Hill Avenue around 9:45 pm.

No one was injured but the cleanup took several hours as hydro crews were called in to fix downed wires.

Toronto Police Const. ClintStibbe told CBC Toronto there were 54 traffic collisions between midnight and 7 a.m. Monday.

An SUV crashed into a bridge on Highway 27. Roads were slippery at the time. (Tony Smyth/CBC)

Four people were treated for non life-threatening injuries after this SUV crashed on Highway 27 early Monday morning.

The SUV lost control under a bridge near Rexdale Boulevard. It was the only vehicle involved.

Four people were treated for minor injuries in this single vehicle crash on Highway 27. (Tony Smyth/CBC)

The crash happened around 1:30 am.

According to Environment Canada, 16 cm of snow were recorded at Pearson International Airport. Fourteencentimetreswere recorded at a weather station in North Toronto.

The heaviest snow fell overnight, keeping snow plowsbusy on major roads and highways.

Traffic resumes on Highway 401 near Weston Rd. after a line of snow ploughs and salt trucks. (Tony Smyth/CBC)

City of Toronto plowsstarted on major roads at 8 p.m. on Sunday.

Local road plowing began at 1 a.m.

A snow plow clears a Toronto parking lot early Monday morning. Between 14 and 16 cm of snow fell on the city, according to Environment Canada. (Tony Smyth/CBC)

The snow stopped falling in Toronto around 6 a.m., which is around the time Environment Canada ended its snowfall warning for the GTA.