Updated: 11 km traffic jam cleared after 5-car pileup on Highway 40 W

A traffic jam that stretched 11 kilometres from the Charles de Gaulle Bridge past  Industriel Blvd. in Repentigny and turned the westbound lanes of Highway 40 into a study in gridlock had finally cleared by the end of Thursday morning’s rush hour.
The congestion was caused by five-car crash early Thursday.
The accident, which left two persons slightly injured, occurred in left-hand lanes of the highway at the Henri-Bourassa/Sherbrooke exit at 5:20 a.m.
The situation has been worsened