Because of the Winter Storm, Massachusetts State Police Have Been Called to More Than 400 Accidents

The Massachusetts State Police have shared information about the weather that happened Saturday night.

In an email, the numbers showed that State Police have been called to more than 497 crashes since last night. This is up from 186 crashes last weekend and 223 the weekend before that. Besides that, they helped 398 drivers, which is almost three times as many as last weekend. Because of the snow over the last two weekends, 17 of those accidents have caused injuries.

According to reports, as of 2:22 PM on Sunday, there have been no crashes that have killed anyone.

On all of I-90, both northbound and westbound, the speed limit is still set at 40 miles per hour.

People are worried that roads that are already wet could freeze over.

Boston 25 talked to drivers who had to deal with those slippery weather over the weekend.

„On the way back to Boston, you saw crashes all the way through.

It was dangerous for Ismael Pena to drive from Springfield to Boston on the Pike on Saturday night and Sunday morning.

As the snow turned into a mix of frozen rain, sleet, and ice, he says, the dangerous conditions made a drive that usually takes two hours take six hours.

“There were times when it was scary.” At one point, my car went to the right and almost went off the road.

The Massachusetts State Police have also called out the following events:

Last Saturday night, February 15, State Troopers helped Rowe police and firefighters find a group of snowmobilers with sick children who were stuck on the trails. Luckily, they were found and all of them were medically okay.

The right lane on R9 West in Newton was closed at 5:30 AM on Sunday because a water main broke. Since 1 PM, the lane has been open again.

At around 9 a.m., a tractor-trailer carrying non-hazardous goods hit the R3 overpass bridge on I95 North in Burlington. The truck and the bridge were both damaged. MassDOT was sent to check out the bridge and found that it was physically sound, so the lanes of traffic were back open by 10:30 AM.

The roads have been a big worry during this weather because the snow turns into freezing rain, which covers the roads in ice.

“It’s awful.” There is a lot of slush. Roads that are slippery. It was said by Eschina Orcel of Winthrop. “All I can think about is the ice on the road, especially at night.”

These worries are especially strong in places where roads have flooded, like on Route 9 eastbound and Olde Field Road in Newton, close to Chesnut Hill head, where one lane of traffic was closed because of water.

“Route 9 has been closed since 8 a.m. today… There’s still water in the road at 5:30.

Paul Stein is worried about the falling temperatures and the danger for cars who are going through.

“This turns into a sheet of ice, and they slide across the road.”

On Wednesday, February 12, new information came out about a lack of rock salt and ice melt in Massachusetts.

There are enough supplies for now, according to the Department of Public Works, who also said that they have extra money to buy more supplies.

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