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There was plenty of blame to go around after 300 vehicles were stranded on southbound Highway 13 overnight and no one even bothered to send relief or attempt to rescue the occupants until 4:30 a.m.

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As snow began to paralyze much of the city, the first accident on Highway 13 — as it cuts through Dorval and Lachine — was reported around 6 p.m.

But it wouldn’t be until almost midnight, after numerous trucks and cars had blocked the highway, that it was closed. And even then, as the transport ministry communicated with Montreal’s civil security department, it did not mention that people were stranded.

It wasn’t until 4:30 a.m. that any help at all was sent to the motorists — two buses with a toilet and bottles of water. The highway was finally reopened around noon.