這場慘烈的特大車禍發生在周三(2月19日)中午前後,200多輛汽車在15號高速公路La Prairie區域發生猛烈碰撞。據現場目擊者稱,引發事故的竟是一陣大風。據悉,一陣突發的大風將聖勞倫斯河(St. Lawrence River)上的積雪卷起,並吹向高速公路方向,遮擋了駕駛員的視線。魁省交通部長Francois Bonnardel表示,盡管天氣晴朗,相關路段在事發前一小時內也曾進行過兩次除雪作業,人們在開車時遭遇強風吹雪,視線會突然受到遮擋,因此導致連環相撞。
Dozens of people have been injured in a massive pileup involving nearly 200 cars amid snow squall conditions, in an incident that has closed Highway 15 in both directions in La Prairie on Montreal's South Shore: https://t.co/gdcnKXWd56pic.twitter.com/oeXjNByQ3O