Crime & Safety

Slick Conditions Lead to Minor Accidents and Traffic Back-Ups

Cars have got stuck on hilly roads including Burpee Road and Greenwood Avenue.

 

Roads are slippery, traffic was backed up around schools earlier and there have been cars getting stuck and some minor accidents this morning.

The roads are slippery under a coating of about an inch and a half of snow, said DPW Director Gino Cresta.

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Cars have got stuck on hilly terrain including Greenwood Avenue and Burpee Road.

Fire and police have responded to several minor accidents, according to scanner traffic. 

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The fire department went out on calls to Paradise Road, Puritain Road and Buena Vista Street, according to the department.

DPW trucks were out at 7 salting and scraping the roads, the DPW director said.

The director advises drivers to use caution. The roads remain slippery.

Traffic around the schools were backed up earlier but the flow of traffic has opened up since school started, Cresta said.

 


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