Winter Snowstorm! Posted at 12/05/2009 11:03:00 PM 0 comments (+) I just read this news over KSL and it gave me the chills! Over a hundred crashes on the road took place today because of the snowstorm.

SALT LAKE CITY -- A major snowstorm slammed the Wasatch Front Saturday, bringing with it more than a hundred crashes on the roads.

Because the winter has been fairly mild up to this point, troopers warned drivers to slow down and remember to drive carefully in the snow.

"It's just been sheets of ice," said Sgt. Sheldon Riches with the Utah Highway Patrol. "[Drivers should go] slower than 40 miles per hour."

Troopers said as temperatures dropped once the sun went down, the roads iced over and things only got worse.

Those freezing temperatures created slick roads for Utah Highway Patrol troopers responding to accidents. Read More...

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