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Calgary Police are urging drivers to slow down after more than 300 car crashes were reported as snow fell on Christmas Eve.

Between 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and 9 p.m. Thursday, there were 289 collisions. Police say 42 of those caused minor injuries.

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Highways outside the city were treacherous as well — Lethbridge RCMP reported a series of collisions amid blowing snow and icy conditions on Highway 3.

The first accident, just east of the junction with Highway 3A, happened when an eastbound car collided with an SUV, which then hit a snow plow at 11:40 a.m. One person received minor injuries, and the snow plow sustained little to no damage.

While emergency responders were setting up at the scene, another SUV slid into a pickup truck, when then slid into a fire truck. No one was hurt in that crash, and the fire truck also sustained little to no damage.

A third crash then happened when another van and SUV collided. One of the SUV’s occupants had minor injuries.