Northern Trumbull County got hit hard by the snow with Mesopotamia receiving 4 inches.
VINDICATOR STAFF REPORT
It's spring, but Thursday morning was anything but pretty.
The green was again covered with wintry white, and some roadsides were adorned with wrinkled vehicles.
In the most serious mishap, a New Castle woman was killed after she lost control of her car on Pa. Route 60 just past the Pa. Route 168 interchange.
Lawrence County Coroner Russell S. Noga said Sherry L. Thomas, 54, was southbound when she lost control on an icy bridge overpass about 8:20 a.m. Thursday. The Cadillac CTS went into the median at an angle, then into the northbound lanes into the side of a tractor-trailer.
Noga said the tractor-trailer rolled onto its side, and Thomas was killed instantly.
Pennsylvania State Police said the driver of the tractor-trailer was Joseph H. Gizoni, 41, of Carnegie, Pa. He was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
Police said they do not anticipate filing any charges in the crash.
In Trumbull County, the 911 center in Howland reported receiving 50 to 60 calls for assistance through 9:30 a.m.
Caught by surprise
The snow called for equipment juggling by some Ohio Department of Transportation crews in Trumbull County.
"It caught ODOT with their pants down," said a dispatcher at the 911 center. He said state crews had to put snow-removal equipment back on their trucks Wednesday night.
An employee at ODOT's Cortland facility said 23 trucks were on the roads today. Plows were reattached to all because they had just been removed for summer work, he said.
After all, just three days ago, it was 78 degrees and people were cutting grass.
The Trumbull 911 dispatcher reported 3 to 4 inches of snow north of state Route 305.
"You'd think it was the first day of winter," said another dispatcher at the Ohio State Highway Patrol in Southington.
The patrol reported 12 crashes from midnight to 6 a.m. and six vehicles sliding off roads.
Lordstown and Warren Township each reported two vehicles going off roads Thursday morning.
Youngstown accidents
By 9 a.m. Thursday, Youngstown police had responded to more than a dozen crashes on ice-covered roads, said Capt. Robert Kane.
Motorists encountered slippery conditions and crashed on the 711 Connector, which was briefly closed. More mayhem occurred on Gypsy Lane, Meridian Road, Himrod Avenue Expressway, Market Street, Martin Luther King Boulevard, Madison Avenue Expressway, Fifth Avenue and elsewhere.
"It's citywide," Kane said of the rash of accidents.
Northern Trumbull County got hit hard by the snow with Mesopotamia receiving 4 inches and Champion getting 2 inches, said Mike Abair, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Cleveland.
There is a lake effect snow advisory for northern Trumbull County until 6 a.m. Saturday with an additional 4 to 8 inches possibly falling during that time, according to the NWS forecast.
The snow accumulations in lower Trumbull County as well as Mahoning and Columbiana counties were significantly less.
A cold front with air moving from northern New England over Lake Erie, which has seen its water temperature steadily rise during the past two weeks, caused the lake effect snow, Abair said.
Friday, April 6, 2007
Northern Trumbull County got hit hard by the snow with Mesopotamia receiving 4 inches.
VINDICATOR STAFF REPORT
It's spring, but Thursday morning was anything but pretty.
The green was again covered with wintry white, and some roadsides were adorned with wrinkled vehicles.
In the most serious mishap, a New Castle woman was killed after she lost control of her car on Pa. Route 60 just past the Pa. Route 168 interchange.
Lawrence County Coroner Russell S. Noga said Sherry L. Thomas, 54, was southbound when she lost control on an icy bridge overpass about 8:20 a.m. Thursday. The Cadillac CTS went into the median at an angle, then into the northbound lanes into the side of a tractor-trailer.
Noga said the tractor-trailer rolled onto its side, and Thomas was killed instantly.
Pennsylvania State Police said the driver of the tractor-trailer was Joseph H. Gizoni, 41, of Carnegie, Pa. He was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
Police said they do not anticipate filing any charges in the crash.
In Trumbull County, the 911 center in Howland reported receiving 50 to 60 calls for assistance through 9:30 a.m.
Caught by surprise
The snow called for equipment juggling by some Ohio Department of Transportation crews in Trumbull County.
"It caught ODOT with their pants down," said a dispatcher at the 911 center. He said state crews had to put snow-removal equipment back on their trucks Wednesday night.
An employee at ODOT's Cortland facility said 23 trucks were on the roads today. Plows were reattached to all because they had just been removed for summer work, he said.
After all, just three days ago, it was 78 degrees and people were cutting grass.
The Trumbull 911 dispatcher reported 3 to 4 inches of snow north of state Route 305.
"You'd think it was the first day of winter," said another dispatcher at the Ohio State Highway Patrol in Southington.
The patrol reported 12 crashes from midnight to 6 a.m. and six vehicles sliding off roads.
Lordstown and Warren Township each reported two vehicles going off roads Thursday morning.
Youngstown accidents
By 9 a.m. Thursday, Youngstown police had responded to more than a dozen crashes on ice-covered roads, said Capt. Robert Kane.
Motorists encountered slippery conditions and crashed on the 711 Connector, which was briefly closed. More mayhem occurred on Gypsy Lane, Meridian Road, Himrod Avenue Expressway, Market Street, Martin Luther King Boulevard, Madison Avenue Expressway, Fifth Avenue and elsewhere.
"It's citywide," Kane said of the rash of accidents.
Northern Trumbull County got hit hard by the snow with Mesopotamia receiving 4 inches and Champion getting 2 inches, said Mike Abair, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Cleveland.
There is a lake effect snow advisory for northern Trumbull County until 6 a.m. Saturday with an additional 4 to 8 inches possibly falling during that time, according to the NWS forecast.
The snow accumulations in lower Trumbull County as well as Mahoning and Columbiana counties were significantly less.
A cold front with air moving from northern New England over Lake Erie, which has seen its water temperature steadily rise during the past two weeks, caused the lake effect snow, Abair said.
Friday, April 6, 2007
Northern Trumbull County got hit hard by the snow with Mesopotamia receiving 4 inches.
VINDICATOR STAFF REPORT
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