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A multi-vehicle accident on southbound Deerfoot Trail, near Memorial Drive, created commuter chaos this morning.

Police and fire officials briefly closed the southbound lanes, as they cleared the scene of debris from the accident, which involved six vehicles. Several impatient drivers cut across nearby ditches and embankments to try to get around the road closure.

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Traffic is now getting through, but the left lanes are blocked.

One Calgarian working in an office nearby said he heard a loud crash and looked out his window to see the accident. He saw a black truck had rear-ended an SUV while another vehicle hit another SUV in another lane.

A significant number of other passers-by in vehicles stopped to check on the drivers.

Calgary police say no one was injured in the multi-vehicle collision. Lanes were reopened around 9:30 a.m.