An Alberta couple's trip to Calgary to catch a Creed concert changed course abruptly when a sudden summer hailstorm stopped them in their tracks on Aug. 20.

Less than 20 minutes after leaving their homes in Brooks, Alberta and heading west on Highway 1, Alyssa Snyder and her boyfriend Mitchell McAllister saw the sky darken and rain began to fall.

"All of a sudden it got pretty windy," said Snyder.

The sky turned grey and it began to rain. But then it was coming down so heavy she had to slow right down, and then she couldn't even see to drive and she pulled over to the side of the road.

Then the hail began, some as big as a toonie, and a back window was smashed by the force.

"Inside the car was getting hammered," she said.

She and McAllister got out and sought shelter behind a vehicle

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