By: Lydia Crawley
The Parsons Advocate
Drivers on Thursday, February 26th were in for a surprise when heavy snowfall hit the area during the morning and into the early afternoon.
While only 1.5 inches of the white stuff fell, it was enough to make the roads, especially on the mountain, difficult terrain to navigate for a while. Calls started coming in around noon of tractor trailers and passenger vehicle issues along the roads.
At 12:24, a call came in about a tractor trailer blocking both lanes of Highway 32 near Canaan Heights Road and Katydid Lane. Eventually, the driver was able to maneuver to where it was only eventually blocking one lane until assistance arrived, according to reports from 911 dispatchers. No injuries were reported.
At 12:55, reports came in of a Sunrise company vehicle that slid and caught onto another vehicle, causing it to impact yet another vehicle on Four Seasons Drive near Herzwoods Road in Canaan Valley. No damage was reported to the Sunrise vehicle, but there was damage reported to the other two vehicles involved. No injuries were reported.
At 1:19, Randolph County contacted Tucker County about a tractor trailer stuck at the County Line. The Randolph Fire Department was already on scene, but requested Tucker County due to the fact that the truck was stuck on the Tucker side of the line near Back Hollow Road and Laneville Road in Dry Fork.
Once the snow stopped in the afternoon, the sunshine began to melt off the snowfall and clear the roadways, but for a while, it was treacherous going, especially for big rigs caught without chains.