Bob Scott says he's thankful to be alive after he was slammed into by a semi-trailer while on his snowmobile in the middle of a snow-covered southern Manitoba highway Tuesday. He didn't see the semi coming as it barrelled towards him through the blowing snow. The avid storm chaser and University of Manitoba meteorology student was pulled over on the Trans-Canada Highway near Alexander, Man. Several highway drivers in the southwest of the province were forced to pull over and spend Tuesday night in a school gymnasium in Alexander, about 225 km west of Winnipeg. The Trans-Canada Highway reopened Wednesday in southwestern Manitoba as conditions improved.

Source: CBC News March 08, 2017 23:18 UTC