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February 22, 2008

Snow spurs several accidents on area highways / Photo

Journal photo / Andrew Dickerman
A pedestrian leaps over slush while crossing Memorial Boulevard in downtown Providence today.

Watch yourself on this wintry day -- the state police said there have been several accidents on major routes this afternoon.

The state Transportation Management Center's Web site has listed several of them.

An accident closed a lane on Route 10 north in the area of Union Avenue in Providence, the TMC reported at 3:52 p.m.

An accident Route 95 north at exit 27 for downtown Pawtucket was cleared at 4:03 p.m. An accident was cleared on Route 195 west at exit 6 -- the Broadway exit in East Providence -- this afternoon. Another was cleared on Route 6 west at Hartford Avenue in Providence.

Check out the Transportation Management Center's Web site for traffic alerts and Web cam views of major roads throughout the state.

The National Weather Service has advised commuters to take care as the snow makes its way through the area.

It will continue to fall at the rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour across northern Connecticut, northern Rhode Island and central and western Massachusetts through 7 p.m.

Some sleet and freezing rain will begin to mix with the snow in the immediate Providence area. Visibilities will be reduced to one half mile or less in many locations.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:26 PM | Permalink

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