Slick Roads, Poor Visibility Cause Travel Troubles

Police were busy overnight and Sunday as slick, snow-covered roads and poor visibility due to high winds create problems on the roads.

A car rolled over in Manchester late afternoon on Interstate 84 west near exit 62.

A tractor-trailer jackknifed on Interstate 91 south in Hartford near exit 27. The crash has been cleared.

A car crashed into a snowbank on Route 34 westbound at Racebrook Road in Orange in the afternoon.

There was also a two-car crash on I-84 west between exits 69 and 68 in Tolland. In the eastbound direction on I-84, there was a rollover crash near exit 44.

A car rolled over on Route 2 near exit 15 in Marlborough.

Wires are also down in Madison on Madison Avenue between Cedar Lane and Hamilton Drive near a dead end. There's no traffic impact, but it causing a hazard.

The travel trouble could continue throughout the day Sunday.

NBC Connecticut's Kristen Johnson is a passenger in our news truck this morning using our live and drive technology and reports that plows are out clearing the roads but snow is still sweeping onto the roadway. There are whiteout conditions in many areas and in some cases it was difficult seeing cars just 100 feet ahead, she said, so if you have to drive, do so carefully and leave extra room. 

First Alert Meteorologist Darren Sweeney said that high winds are blowing the light and fluffy snow, possibly causing snow to drift back onto the roadways and creating poor visibility.  

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