Heavy Rescue: 401 - All Seasons

Government agencies work together to keep traffic flowing on Ontario's mega-highways when ice, snow and big-rig accidents threaten to close them down.

Season 5 of HEAVY RESCUE: 401 continues to tell the harrowing stories from Ontario's notorious 400-series highways - extending from Windsor in the west to the Québec border in the east - during winter driving season. In Toronto, Sonny Subra makes a major change, leaving behind the company where he honed his skills and earned the senior spot. In Sonny's absence, Steve turns to his young crew to find new leaders when raging truck fires and rollovers strike in the heart of the city. After suffering an injury, Gary Vandenheuvel steps back from his work on the highway and leans on his crew, pushing him to make a decision that will change the future of Preferred Towing. At the East end of the 401, the crew from Cornwall Towing fights some of the biggest wrecks of the season. But owner Duncan Cooper is fighting just as hard to honour his father's legacy with a daring new addition to his fleet. Navigating blinding whiteouts, multi-car pile-ups, and truck roll overs, Season 5 emphasizes the comradery of the roadside crews, police, maintenance contractors, and several other organizations that safeguard the nation's most critical commercial corridor.

Featuring compelling extreme winter wrecks and roadside rescues on Ontario's notorious 400-series highways, HEAVY RESCUE: 401 tells the stories of heavy recovery operators who fight to clear wrecks, flip trucks, and keep drivers moving. Close to half-a-million vehicles travel these highways every day, requiring government and police forces to depend on the experienced men and women of Canada's towing industry – ready to work just inches from open lanes and speeding traffic – when disaster strikes.

Returning for Season 7. Because closure is not an option on Canada's busiest highways, it's up to the heavy rescue teams to keep them open through the worst of the winter driving season. This series, based on Discovery's hit "Highway to Hell," rides along with crews from multiple major tow operators, rescue, and maintenance crews day and night who keep Ontario's 400-series highways operating at any cost. From Sarnia eastbound to Toronto and north to Barrie, the cast of heroes work diligently to safeguard the country's most important trade route with the U.S. from grinding to a crippling halt through any weather condition.