MEDIA - Weather Conditions 13th Jan 2008

Posted January 13th, 2008 by Weather Toolbar

Road accidents in icy conditions

Water levels in Upton upon Severn should peak on Saturday

Icy conditions following from the recent heavy rain has been causing chaos on roads in the West Midlands. Ambulance services in Worcestershire were called to eight crashes in two hours during the morning after motorists struggled with black ice.
Solihull police reported five minor crashes and said the roads were icy.
Emergency services in the Black Country also launched a search for a woman trapped upside down in her car in water as it went into a ditch.
She was eventually found, uninjured, in a wooded area near Walsall.

BBC NEWS | England | Road accidents in icy conditions

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