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Snow causes few problems

January 19, 2009|CHARLIE COX

It appears area drivers exercised appropriate caution, as traffic accidents were kept to a minimum over the course of Sunday into early this morning despite the winter's first significant snowfall.

According to 911 dispatchers from across the area, few crashes and no injuries had been reported.

Area schools, which closed Friday due to unusually cold temperatures, were already scheduled for a day off today for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

The dispatch center for both Garrard and Lincoln counties said while there were a few minor wrecks here and there, nothing major or worth reporting had occurred since the snow began to fall.

Harrodsburg police said three non-injury accidents had happened since Sunday morning in Mercer County but described them as only "minor fender-benders."

In Boyle County, Engineer Duane Campbell and his team at Boyle County Public Works were supposed to be having Martin Luther King Jr. Day off like most other government employees.

However, they had been working around the clock to ensure safety on county roads. Campbell seemed pleased with the results.

"Things have cleared up quite nicely," he said. "The roads are beginning to clear up with just a little slushy ice remaining."

He described the road conditions Sunday evening before being treated by county road crews as "treacherous."

All six salt trucks from the county were out in full force over the night, each targeting a separate area of the county, with the first truck starting its route about 6:30 p.m. Campbell estimated it takes six to eight hours to treat county roads, a process that was repeated between Sunday evening and this morning, as it began to snow again at 3 a.m.

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