Winter weather continues to take its toll
GUILFORD – On Monday, emergency crews responded to a dozen different accidents, many caused by an early morning snow fall.
Chenango County Emergency Management A. Wesley Jones reported that crews responded to 12 accident scenes in the area yesterday.
He said on average about 1 to 3 inches fell across the county, depending on elevation and location. More is expected today.
“Generally it wasn’t too bad, but whenever there’s a snow fall, we tend to see a higher number of motor vehicle related accidents due to weather conditions,” he said.
Jones estimated on average emergency officials receive between five to ten reports of accidents on any given day, most of them minor property damage accidents.
One of the more serious accidents yesterday took place at around 11:30 a.m. along Furnace Hill Road in the Town of Guilford, when an SUV slid out of control down a steep incline and struck an electric pole.
The Guilford Fire Department and the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene, which involved a woman driver and a 10-year-old passenger.
Deputies said Stephanie Freer, 38, of Guilford, was not injured in the crash, but her 10-year-old passenger was taken to Chenango Memorial Hospital for minor injuries to his wrist. Both occupants were wearing their seat belts and air bags deployed in the vehicle.
Police issued no tickets, but the electric pole was seriously damaged during the collision and crews were unable to extract the SUV until New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG) could secure the connecting power lines.
Police said the vehicle was heading north on the road when it began coming down a steep section of the road covered with snow and black ice. After hitting the patch of ice, the vehicle was unable to stop as it came down the hill and began fishtailing until the front driver’s side struck the pole to the right of the road.
The Emergency Management Office also reported that bitterly cold wind gusts of around 30 miles per hour struck the area last night and early this morning, dropping temperatures to about -8 degrees in some parts of the county.
Jones also released a warning from the National Weather Service of Binghamton which said heavy lake effect snow and bitterly cold wind chills could be expected over Central New York and Northern Pennsylvania throughout the day.
The area could receive between two to four inches by 7 p.m., and wind gusts between 20 and 40 miles per hour would keep day time temperature around 10 degrees from most of the day. In the Syracuse area and further north, the weather service predicted a foot of snow fall and temperatures dropping well below zero.
Chenango County Emergency Management A. Wesley Jones reported that crews responded to 12 accident scenes in the area yesterday.
He said on average about 1 to 3 inches fell across the county, depending on elevation and location. More is expected today.
“Generally it wasn’t too bad, but whenever there’s a snow fall, we tend to see a higher number of motor vehicle related accidents due to weather conditions,” he said.
Jones estimated on average emergency officials receive between five to ten reports of accidents on any given day, most of them minor property damage accidents.
One of the more serious accidents yesterday took place at around 11:30 a.m. along Furnace Hill Road in the Town of Guilford, when an SUV slid out of control down a steep incline and struck an electric pole.
The Guilford Fire Department and the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene, which involved a woman driver and a 10-year-old passenger.
Deputies said Stephanie Freer, 38, of Guilford, was not injured in the crash, but her 10-year-old passenger was taken to Chenango Memorial Hospital for minor injuries to his wrist. Both occupants were wearing their seat belts and air bags deployed in the vehicle.
Police issued no tickets, but the electric pole was seriously damaged during the collision and crews were unable to extract the SUV until New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG) could secure the connecting power lines.
Police said the vehicle was heading north on the road when it began coming down a steep section of the road covered with snow and black ice. After hitting the patch of ice, the vehicle was unable to stop as it came down the hill and began fishtailing until the front driver’s side struck the pole to the right of the road.
The Emergency Management Office also reported that bitterly cold wind gusts of around 30 miles per hour struck the area last night and early this morning, dropping temperatures to about -8 degrees in some parts of the county.
Jones also released a warning from the National Weather Service of Binghamton which said heavy lake effect snow and bitterly cold wind chills could be expected over Central New York and Northern Pennsylvania throughout the day.
The area could receive between two to four inches by 7 p.m., and wind gusts between 20 and 40 miles per hour would keep day time temperature around 10 degrees from most of the day. In the Syracuse area and further north, the weather service predicted a foot of snow fall and temperatures dropping well below zero.
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