It was a cold, long night for people stranded in 300 vehicles stuck on a stretch of Highway 13 just south of the Côte-de-Liesse Highway during Tuesday night's storm after a truck went off the road, blocking traffic, at around 7 p.m. Tuesday. No mention of stranded motoristsThe report says the Transport Ministry told city staff about the closure of Highway 13 at 11:50 p.m. but didn't mention there were people trapped in their vehicles. Stranded drivers made more than 300 calls to 911 for help, but Coderre said it was not until 3:30 a.m.that any city service was informed that there were hundreds of people stuck on the snowbound section of Highway 13. Government will pay towing fees, Coiteux saysPublic Security Minister Martin Coiteux said Wednesday afternoon that he needs more time to understand what went wrong on Highway 13. Harrowing night, huddled, running out of gasFor the first hour of being stuck, Marcy McCallum laughed off being stuck on a ramp going on to Highway 13.

Source: CBC News March 15, 2017 15:21 UTC