CICI - Sunday, May 26, 2024 - 06:00 p.m. (ET) - Segment #4

[narrator]: 200 kilometres down the 401... [narrator]: ...nightfall brings a blast of winter to toronto... ...and northeast of the city, up highway 23, a cube van has rolled right off the road. This is a very dangerous situation right now. [narrator]: a long day of chasing has finally paid off for sonny, if he can ever get started on this job. [sonny]: we gonna put a two winch, and then trying to drag it this way... ...but I don't want to do it without some traffic blocked. It's a bad spot, because it's a downhill, so nobody can see us, right? It's snow and icy, and, like, we don't want to get hit. End of the day, we gotta go home, you know what I mean? [narrator]: the tragic loss of an operator on highway 12 is still very fresh. [sonny]: somebody died, so... I hope the police come here and then give me a traffic control here. [narrator]: it's a quick pull, but sonny doesn't want to risk it until traffic is blocked. I really think about my safety, because I got a baby coming. I have to make sure it's nothing gonna happen to me. [narrator]: with crashes all over the region, he'll have to wait for durham police, while drivers could give in to distraction. [sonny]: the cop gonna take so long. [sonny]: there's just a two lane, one lane to go, one lane to come, so it's very dangerous. If somebody looking, and like, swerve into the other lane, that's a disaster. I called durham regional police, but they said they will attend, but they're all busy. [narrator]: so sonny makes a hard call. [sonny]: I was waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting. I'm not getting nobody, so I need to clear this accident as soon as possible. I'm gonna back up, pull it right away, and we're gonna get out of here. [grunting] half of my mind goes to the work, and half is going to be on the traffic. [narrator]: just as that traffic is getting even worse... -how are you doing? -need a hand? [dan]: it's pretty bad out here on the roads tonight. I should be okay, but... Need it blocked? Yeah, yeah, the traffic, man. Want me to sit back here? Yeah, sit back there, and then just slow the traffic down. Okay. [sonny]: everybody's busy, but in his busy time, he stops and helps me, that's great stuff. [narrator]: classic towing one-ton op dan inwood takes over traffic control. Slow down! Watch your back, sonny. [grunting] [dan]: I'm just trying to look out for sonny and watch his back. We got to look out for each other out here. It's very, very dangerous. Slow down, slow down. [sonny]: I am scared, very scared if somebody gonna hit me. [dan]: watch your back. To give the perfect clue Muscles Flex! You gotta think fast Animal [slowly] join jimmy fallon and emmy-winning host keke palmer Let's Play! Cause with so many passwords Vegetable. Movie. Who knows what they'll whip out Wiener. You saved the hardest questions for the smartest celebrity guests? A new password on a new day on ctv Ellie was four months old when she was rescued from a puppy mill with hip and elbow dysplasia. Espanola Animal Hospital prepared to execute Canada's first medial elbow replacement on Ellie. She thinks it went very well. Espanola Animal Hospital. Proud innovators of Veterinary Surgery in Northern Ontario. [Music][Music] Yup Okay, Everybody was so welcoming. Everybody would, greet you with a smile on their face. It's like one big family. Follow your dreams and come to Cambridge College.

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