Vehicles get stuck on icy hills, others slide off roads

There are numerous reports of vehicle slide-offs, fender-bender crashes and cars getting stuck tonight as road conditions continue to deteriorate.

On Gettysburg Avenue in Dayton, a semi and cars were stuck on a hill around 8:30 p.m. after they couldn’t get enough traction on the street covered in snow and ice. A city truck was called in to plow the roadway and salt it.

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James Buechele travels on I-75, surface roads James Buechele travels on I-75 as snow picks up

One accident was reported in a parking lot at The Greene in front of the Ulta store in Beavercreek, another person crashed into a tree at Upper Miamisburg, Dayton-Germantown Road. Both accidents happened around 7 p.m.

In Darke County, a portion of state Route 118 south of Hunter Road was closed after a driver around 6:45 p.m. crashed into a gas line, causing it to leak. Darke County Sheriff’s dispatchers said Vectren was called to the scene.

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So far, no serious injuries have been reported, but numerous salt trucks are out treating roadways, motorists report.

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