Very Slippery Road Conditions Thursday Morning ‘Rush Hour’ Involves Multiple Crashes

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Frosty windshield with an air temperature reading of 33.1°F in central Arlington Heights (CARDINAL NEWS)
Frosty windshield with an air temperature reading of 33.1°F in central Arlington Heights (CARDINAL NEWS).

As the morning rush hour began there were numerous crashes involving spinouts, single-vehicle crashes, and vehicle-vehicle crashes. Firefighters at several scenes were making special requests for salt or road treatment at or near their scenes.

 INJURY CRASHES … … 

CRASH WITH INJURIES AT ROUTE 45 AND OLD PLANK RD GRAYSLAKE

CRASH WITH INJURIES AT PHOENIX LAKE AVE AND YORKSHIRE DR STREAMWOOD

SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH WITH INJURIES AT CHARDON RD AND IMPERIAL CT GRAYSLAKE

CAR VS TREE CRASH WITH INJURIES AT MAINE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL NEAR THE AUDITORIUM DEE RD PARK RIDGE

ROLLOVER CRASH WITH INJURIES, ENTRAPMENT ON LIBERTY ST (ROUTE 176) WEST OF FAIRFIELD RD WAUCONDA

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crash outbreak with ice 2/1/2024
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NWS Chicago at O’Hare was reporting 35°F at 4:51 a.m. and 5:51 a.m. but CARDINAL NEWS air temperature was 33.1°F at 7:10 a.m. Thursday, February 1, 2024.

 NWS … 

Special Weather Statement issued February 1 at 6:28AM CST by NWS Chicago IL

SLIPPERY TRAVEL THIS MORNING DUE TO FROST ON ROADS…

The combination of frost and near freezing surface temperatures
has resulted in icy conditions on area roads and bridges. Be sure
to slow down and increased following distances between you and
others.

Frost is expected to dissipate by mid-morning after the sun fully
rises.

COUNTIES INCLUDED …

Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Lake IL, Ogle, Lee, De Kalb, Kane, DuPage,
La Salle, Kendall, Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston, Iroquois, Ford,
Northern Cook, Central Cook, Southern Cook, Northern Will,
Southern Will, Eastern Will, Lake IN, Porter, Newton, Jasper, Benton

Sample municipalities …

Rockford, Belvidere, Crystal Lake, Algonquin, McHenry, Woodstock, Waukegan, Buffalo Grove, Mundelein, Gurnee, Rochelle, Oregon, Byron, Dixon, DeKalb, Sycamore, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville, Wheaton, Downers Grove, Lombard, Carol Stream, Ottawa, Streator, La Salle, Mendota, Marseilles, Oswego, Yorkville, Plano, Morris, Coal City, Minooka, Kankakee, Bourbonnais, Bradley, Pontiac, Dwight, Fairbury, Watseka, Gilman, Paxton, Gibson City, Evanston, Des Plaines, Schaumburg, Palatine, Northbrook, Chicago, Cicero, Oak Lawn, Oak Park, La Grange, Calumet City, Oak Forest, Lemont, Orland Park, Park Forest, Joliet, Bolingbrook, Plainfield, Mokena, Channahon, Manhattan, Wilmington, Crete, Peotone, Beecher, Gary, Hammond, Merrillville, Portage, Valparaiso, Chesterton, Roselawn, Kentland, Morocco, Rensselaer, DeMotte, Fowler, and Oxford

Roads were covered with a heavy frost Thursday morning, February 1, 2024 (CARDINAL NEWS)
Roads were covered with a heavy frost Thursday morning, February 1, 2024 (CARDINAL NEWS).

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