Most of the crashes were minor, but the sheer number of incidents kept law enforcement officials busy in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut for most of the day.
Here's a breakdown of numbers for each jurisdiction/agency:
Number of crashes:
New Jersey (via NJSP): 326
NYC (via NYPD): 86
Suffolk County: 69
Connecticut (CSP): 36
Number of calls to help motorists:
New Jersey (via NJSP): 730
Suffolk County: 89
Connecticut: 139
Here's a rundown showing the more serious crashes across the region:
In Peekskill in Westchester County, police said the driver of this truck was seriously injured when his vehicle slid off the road into a utility pole:
In New Jersey, South Brunswick police said a car slid off the road and ended up on top of a utility box. Luckily, no one was injured:
While live on TV, our crew a captured a crash involving two buses in Jamaica, Queens:
VIDEO: MTA buses collide into each other in Queens
A box truck flipped over on the Verrazano Bridge, causing a traffic backup:
While there wasn't a crash in this video in the Long Island Expressway, our crew watched as a driver nearly lost control:
Dangerous driving on the LIE
As always, officials remind anyone trying to drive in treacherous condition to take it slow.
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