Snow Covers Roads, Numerous Spinouts Reported

A couple inches of snow that fell on southeastern Michigan early Saturday morning created slick roads and made driving treacherous in spots.

Police were responding to numerous spinout accidents Saturday.  Earlier Saturday, Livingston County Sheriff deputies closed U.S. 23 at M-59 because of an accident.

Other accidents were reported on I-696, I-275, I-75 and the Southfield Freeway.  State Police and local departments were encouraging drivers to slow down. 

Surface streets were snow-covered and slippery.  Speaking live on WWJ Saturday morning, Road Commission for Oakland County spokesman Craig Bryson said fewer plow and salt trucks were on the roads because of the weekend. 

"Because of the day of the week and time of the storm, you know, there's no, obviously no morning rush hour on Saturday, so our guidelines are a little different," Bryson said.  "Different for treating it today than had it been a weekday morning. We have a few less trucks in than we would have had had it been a Monday..Tuesday morning for example."

Bryson says they'll have road crews out all day cleaning up the roads. With the next snowfall expected Monday night, he says they'll be ready.

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The snow flurries had stopped by midday Saturday.  Temperatures were expected to hit a high of 32.

Here's the rest of the WWJ-AccuWeather forecast:

Saturday night: Partly cloudy and very cold. Low 8-12.

Sunday: Very cold with clouds and limited sun. High 18.

Monday: Cloudy. High 27. Snow is likely Monday night.

Tuesday: Cloudy and brisk with snow still likely, especially in the
morning. High 35.

Wednesday: Colder with times of clouds and sun.  High just 20.