Not paying attention to road conditions such as ice and snowdrifts can lead to significant snarls in traffic like the one shown above from earlier this month when dozens of cars piled up on I-90. More recently, hazardous roads near Quincy stranded several drivers whose cars got stuck in drifts.
December 22, 2022
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Snowdrift closes Quincy-area road, strands drivers
QUINCY — Snowdrifts closed sections of Road 8 NW and Road 9 NW and temporarily stranded some drivers late Wednesday night. No one was stranded overnight, although some vehicles were stuck in the snowdrift until morning. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office issued a travel advisory at about 11:47 p.m., asking drivers to avoid the two roads between Road M.7 NW and Adams Road North. Grant County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Kyle Foreman wrote in a release that multiple vehicles were stuck, including a delivery truck blocking the roadway...