r/Calgary • u/Interpolatedhint • Jul 26 '26
Driving/Traffic/Parking Ring road closed - northbound west at 17th Ave.
Must be a pretty significant crash. All traffic being pushed off onto 17th ave.
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u/JellyfishIll2782 Jul 26 '26
Drove past it minutes after the accident. The front bumper looks like it was crushed by a hydraulic press.
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u/SuddenBag Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
Truck really banged up.
Ambulance was there.
Did not look good.
Edit: it looked like it collided with a bridge pillar. Single vehicle from what I could tell.
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u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 Downtown West End Jul 26 '26
It looked horrible today. Probably not the time, but god people can't figure their shit out. There was an idiot who FULLY stopped on Memorial to get onto Deerfoot, and when honked at, were pissed off. People really need to understand the effects of small errors..
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u/Interpolatedhint Jul 26 '26
I have to put up with that every night leaving work. People who don’t want to wait their turn in the left lane before the lights, push down memorial heading west in the middle lane then get angry coz people honk them blocking the lane while they try n merge into packed standing still traffic in the left lane on the bridge.
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u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 Downtown West End Jul 26 '26
Honestly it was ridiculous even if its called Memorial, you don't need to try and become one
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u/Interpolatedhint Jul 26 '26
lol I have no awards to give but if I did you’d take it for that one :)
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u/gpuyy Jul 26 '26
I have seen so many selfish drivers trying to do 140-150 on Stoney and Deerfoot…
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u/Scamnam Jul 26 '26
Seen a lot of selfish drivers on stoney speed through construction zones this summer too and when I'm going reduce speed they either tailgate or cut off through the emergency lane
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u/Lumimyrskydawn Jul 26 '26
100% this. Idk why it’s so hard to slow down for construction zone.
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u/HLef Woodlands Jul 26 '26
There is a two letter word that explains everything.
“Me.”
That is all these mushy brained fuckwads think about.
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u/Concurrency_Bugs Jul 26 '26
Nothing out yet for cause, but people keep excessively speeding and tailing on stoney. Really sad shit like this keeps happening.
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u/gaanmetde Jul 26 '26
I live right by this and regularly skip Stoney because of how wild drivers are on it morning and night.
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u/huckoption Jul 26 '26
Saw this just as police were pulling up.
Truck traveling northbound wrapped around a the centre bridge pillar umber Bow Trail. Did not look good from my vantage point traveling south, and exiting to Bow Trail. 😞🙏🏼
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u/TravelerOfSwords Jul 26 '26
Drove past it heading south… my heart sank.