Dusting Of Snow Causes Icy Roads, Spin-Out Crashes

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) — Icy roads are causing dangerous driving conditions in parts of Michigan as portions of the state brace for another round of lake-effect snow.

Slippery roads and spin-out crashes were reported on Monday morning in the Detroit area, which had a light coating of snow on the ground.

Northern and western Michigan got heavy snow last week and into the weekend. The National Weather Service says parts of the state along Lake Michigan could see 6 to 12 inches of snow from Monday afternoon into Tuesday, with 12 to 16 inches possible in places.

Gusting winds are expected to make driving more hazardous. In the Upper Peninsula, 4 to 18 inches of lake-effect snow is expected along parts of Lake Superior.

Portions of southeastern Michigan could see up to 2 inches.

Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said live on WWJ 950 that drivers on M-59, east of Romeo Plank in Clinton Township had to deal with an accident caused by ice Monday morning. The road was briefly shut down.

"I can't say I'm happy to see it, but I'm glad we're getting more of it," said one man WWJ reporter Ron Dewey talked to in Warren. The man added, "I like winter, but I don't like driving in it."

WWJ's Charlie Langton was out and about early Monday gauging the roadways and he said 696 in Oakland and Macomb counties had slippery spots, but overall it "wasn't too bad." "Be very careful when you're going under an overpass ... be careful changing lanes," he advised.

One driver described it this way: "It's typical Michigan weather, what can you say."

Dewey caught Sean Williams dashing through the snow to catch a bus. "Never ready, just deal with it," Williams said.

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