Reading Road was one of the trouble spots in Cincinnati on Thursday.Not only was there a sheet of ice that went all the way up the hill, but there were also cars backed up two miles and people waiting for hours.Essie Combs commutes through this area to receive medical treatment."We've been sitting here for about an hour now just to get down to the dialysis unit on the other side of Graeter's," Combs said.Her center is just 500 yards down the road but she's been stuck in the same spot. She's been waiting and is frustrated."A few days ago the city had put salt out. No snow. There's no salt out now and I can see the sheet of ice. My driver told me there's ice over there and I can see it over here," Combs said.The city said it did pretreat roads but that didn't stop scenes like this.Combs was waiting on a Metro bus that rammed into cars parked on the side of the road.A couple of hours earlier on Reading Road, a car rear-ended a jack-knifed semi.After that, at Summit and Reading, a school bus sat at an intersection with three cars crashed into it — fortunately, no students were on board.As the morning went on we saw crash after crash, leading to people being taken away in an ambulance to a pickup hitting a fire truck.Crashes happened throughout the city and Combs said she's going to file a complaint with the city.
Reading Road was one of the trouble spots in Cincinnati on Thursday.
Not only was there a sheet of ice that went all the way up the hill, but there were also cars backed up two miles and people waiting for hours.
Essie Combs commutes through this area to receive medical treatment.
"We've been sitting here for about an hour now just to get down to the dialysis unit on the other side of Graeter's," Combs said.
Her center is just 500 yards down the road but she's been stuck in the same spot. She's been waiting and is frustrated.
"A few days ago the city had put salt out. No snow. There's no salt out now and I can see the sheet of ice. My driver told me there's ice over there and I can see it over here," Combs said.
The city said it did pretreat roads but that didn't stop scenes like this.
Combs was waiting on a Metro bus that rammed into cars parked on the side of the road.
A couple of hours earlier on Reading Road, a car rear-ended a jack-knifed semi.
After that, at Summit and Reading, a school bus sat at an intersection with three cars crashed into it — fortunately, no students were on board.
As the morning went on we saw crash after crash, leading to people being taken away in an ambulance to a pickup hitting a fire truck.
Crashes happened throughout the city and Combs said she's going to file a complaint with the city.
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