It was a winter storm that didn’t bring a lot of snow, but it did bring a lot of trouble on the roads.Many districts closed schools, and slick conditions caused accidents all over the region.“Man, it was totally icy, just a sheet of ice on the roads,” said Ravine Street resident Silas Damron.The steep street was the scene of multiple collisions.“It was really slippery. I had to put my car in low gear and go really, really slow, but it's really bad right there. I mean, it's dangerous,” said delivery driver Regina Sweeten.All over the area, there were problems.At Boudinot and Montana avenues a life squad and a car collided.On Interstate 74, icy conditions brought vehicles to a standstill.North of Cincinnati, at I-75 and I-275, a wreck involving a semi and a car shut down the highway.On Dorchester Avenue, a crew from God’s Bible College pushed cars to help them get up the hill.“Well, there’s a lot of ice,” said God’s Bible College employee Anthony Paules. “We had to push several cars.”Cincinnati crews had more than 50 trucks on the road by daybreak. “We were out there last night. We're out there this morning, and we're going to continue to be out here until the roads are treated,” said Cincinnati Streets superintendent Jarrod Bolden.
It was a winter storm that didn’t bring a lot of snow, but it did bring a lot of trouble on the roads.
Many districts closed schools, and slick conditions caused accidents all over the region.
“Man, it was totally icy, just a sheet of ice on the roads,” said Ravine Street resident Silas Damron.
The steep street was the scene of multiple collisions.
“It was really slippery. I had to put my car in low gear and go really, really slow, but it's really bad right there. I mean, it's dangerous,” said delivery driver Regina Sweeten.
All over the area, there were problems.
At Boudinot and Montana avenues a life squad and a car collided.
On Interstate 74, icy conditions brought vehicles to a standstill.
North of Cincinnati, at I-75 and I-275, a wreck involving a semi and a car shut down the highway.
On Dorchester Avenue, a crew from God’s Bible College pushed cars to help them get up the hill.
“Well, there’s a lot of ice,” said God’s Bible College employee Anthony Paules. “We had to push several cars.”
Cincinnati crews had more than 50 trucks on the road by daybreak.
“We were out there last night. We're out there this morning, and we're going to continue to be out here until the roads are treated,” said Cincinnati Streets superintendent Jarrod Bolden.
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