Chicago area icy road conditions bring dozens of crashes
Overnight and this morning, plunging temperatures caused Chicago area roads to ice over, causing dozens of crashes. According to meteorologist Mark Ratzer, the wet roads from rainfall earlier in the day combined with dropping single digit temperatures, caused black ice to form on some roads.
Conditions were particularly dangerous in Northwest Indiana where traffic was at a standtil on I-65 because of black ice.
Late Wendesday evening on I-65, a Palos Park woman was killed about five miles south of Demotte, Ind. She lost control of her car, which overturned and pinned her head under the car's roof.
Illinois State Police reported dozens of accidents on Chicago area expressways. Cars had knocked down light poles, slid off roads into ditches and slammed into cement barriers and walls along roadways. Fortunately no serious injuries were reported.
The National Weather Service issued a warning that the Chicago area could receive up to 6" of snow Friday night into Saturday morning.
