"But since a snowstorm swept Ontario last month, it has happened four times in just over a week. On Sunday, shortly before 7 p.m., a vehicle going south on Highway 427 lost control and went onto the shoulder, where there was a snowbank, before flying over a concrete wall. It struck a transport truck on Highway 401 below, before it came to rest on its roof near the Eglinton Avenue exit."
"On Friday at 10:50 a.m., a vehicle lost control on a ramp from the Queen Elizabeth Way, Fort Erie bound, to Highway 420 in Niagara Falls. It struck the snow on the shoulder, causing it to climb over the guard rail, but landed in bushes, which prevented it from rolling onto the Toronto-bound lanes below. The driver, a 23-year-old woman, was rescued by witnesses. She was not injured."
"On Jan. 26, at about 7:30 a.m., a vehicle drove over a snowbank on the Highway 7 flyover ramp in Kitchener, Ont., and fell onto Highway 8 below. The driver, a 38-year-old Waterloo woman, was killed. That same day, at about 2 a.m., the taxi driver lost control on the Highway 7 ramp to Highway 8 and ended up on the highway below. The driver was not seriously injured."
Four separate incidents since a recent snowstorm in Ontario involved vehicles becoming airborne after striking snowbanks piled against guardrails. On one occasion a vehicle flew over a concrete wall on Highway 427 and struck a transport truck on Highway 401; occupants survived without life-threatening injuries. Another vehicle climbed over a guard rail on a QEW ramp and landed in bushes; the driver was uninjured. On Jan. 26 a vehicle fell from the Highway 7 flyover to Highway 8, killing a 38-year-old woman. Police cite snow piled against guardrails as creating ramps, and note speed and driver error as contributing factors.
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