Two separate crashes on the QE2 north of Airdrie yesterday (September 1st) afternoon got the holiday weekend off to a rocky start for many motorists.

The collisions occured close together just north of Highway 72 between Airdrie and Crossfield causing traffic to back up past Airdrie in the northbound lanes for hours.

The collisions were cleared and traffic slowly returned to normal around 6:00 pm.

There is no word on the cause of the crashes or if anyone was injured.

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