Icy road conditions plagued drivers around Lundbreck today, Friday, November 28. Pincher Creek Emergency Services and Lundbreck Fire responded to two calls related to the current winter storm road conditions. The first was at approximately 1:00 am, when a Brinks truck went off the road onto its side roughly 100 metres east of Lundbreck. The second call was to assist RCMP 400 metres west of Lundbreck at roughly 3:00 am. A number of vehicles including tractor trailers, and a greyhound bus were having trouble approaching Lundbreck east of the bridge on Highway 3. "They just could not make it up the hill," explained Pincher Creek Deputy Fire Chief Pat Neumann. Neumann said that most were not off of the road or stuck,but could not get enough traction to continue. Sand was applied to the hill and that allowed enough traction for the drivers to proceed. "Everyone was fine in both instances," concluded Neumann. He advises to stay off the roads if possible because of the continuing poor winter driving conditions.
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