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WAYNE COUNTY SEES 35 CRASHES, SLIDE-OFFS IN SIX HOURS

(Wayne County, IN)--Wednesday morning’s drive to work or school is much easier than Tuesday’s.  A pre-dawn snowfall created treacherous driving conditions.  In Wayne County between the hours of 6 a.m. and noon Tuesday, there were a total of 35 slide-offs or crashes.  There were no serious injuries in any of those crashes.  Traffic was slowed to stopped on I-70, bringing much of the interstate traffic into Richmond and Centerville.  Icy conditions also forced the closure of the 20th Street Bridge and Niewoehner Road.