Patrol: 500+ Crashes On Snowy Metro Roads
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The State Patrol says that since the snow started falling Saturday afternoon on the Twin Cities metro, there've been more than 500 crashes and 140 spinouts on the snow-packed highways and city streets.
Troopers tweeted at 9 a.m. Sunday that in a period of 24 hours since the snow began there were 507 crashes in the metro and 141 spinouts. In those incidents, 53 people suffered injuries, although none were serious or fatal.
#MSPNumbers STATEWIDE 24 hours 9am 12/10 to 9am 12/11: 600 crashes (62 injuries, 0 fatal or serious) + 227 Veh spin out/off road
— State Patrol PIO (@MSPPIO) December 11, 2016
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Statewide, the numbers were only slightly higher, totaling 600 crashes and 227 spinouts. Again, none of the incidents involved fatalities or serious injuries.
The winter storm has dumped over 8 inches of snow in southern Minnesota, with nearly that much falling in the Twin Cities metro.
Snow emergencies were declared in Minneapolis and St. Paul, as well as several Twin Cities suburbs.
The snow is expected to taper off early Sunday afternoon.