Sunday, January 18, 2015

ICY ROAD CONDITIONS LEAD TO MANY ACCIDENTS IN EAST DRUMORE, EARL TOWNSHIPS, IN PENNSYLVANIA’S LANCASTER COUNTY





ICY ROAD CONDITIONS LEAD TO MANY ACCIDENTS IN EAST DRUMORE, EARL TOWNSHIPS, PENNSYLVANIA’S LANCASTER COUNTY





Icy conditions contributed to an accident along Route 372 near the Buck Sunday morning.
Posted: Sunday, January 18, 2015 10:00 am | Updated: 2:36 pm, Sun Jan 18, 2015.
Freezing rain left icy roads that resulted in a number of accidents Sunday morning.
An accident involving a car, a pickup truck, a minivan and a golf cart closed a section of Route 372 near Buck.
The accident in East Drumore Township happened around 8:40 a.m. when parts of the road were icy, according to Jeff Neff, chief of the Quarryville Fire Company.
Neff said the accident happened after a golf cart came down the road towards an earlier accident in which a minivan had flipped over.
A car coming up a hill behind the golf cart hit its brakes and then went into a slide. Then, a pick-up truck following behind hit the car, sending it into a pole, Neff said.
There were no injuries and the road was reopened around 10 a.m.
In Earl Township just after 9 a.m., a car flipped onto its roof along Weaverland Road between Tower  Road and Spruce Street.
The road in the area was very icy and the vehicle flipped onto its hood in the area of an embankment, according to Darryl Keiser, assistant chief of Garden Spot Fire Rescue.
There were only minor injuries.
The two people inside the car were transported to Ephrata Community Hospital as a precaution, Keiser said.