Ice Causing Wrecks in Hendersonville

Описание: HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. -- No better way to describe it: roads are terrible. Up and down I-26, drivers are losing control, with vehicles sliding across the pavement and a few flipping right over into the ditch. The DOT put up a warning, but many people were simply taken by surprise. "I think different parts of the county it's a little warmer, then it's colder, so they're used to maybe thinking it's wet. And then (they) go a little further, and it's turned into ice," said trooper Kevin Dale of the N.C. Highway Patrol. Mist and rain is freezing up right on the pavement. On Highway 25, two cars tangled. One of the drivers told us she'd been cut off, tried to brake, and lost control of her vehicle. There were similar stories in so many places, most single vehicle wrecks with no injuries. Moisture in the air was thick, causing poor visibility. Then the sudden freeze was the last straw for drivers caught unawares. In some ways, this is the worst mountain weather can be. "It's as bad as I've seen it this winter, excluding the 18 inches of snow we got three weeks ago, but that wasn't as slick as this," said Mike Kleiner of Henderson County. "It's a whole different deal, ice. Man, you can't see it, you can't combat it."

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