Surfaces and roads were slippery on Wednesday morning after snow and ice and hundreds of schools had a delayed opening.
You can see the full list of school delays here.
Leonard Milulak, who has owned and operated Total Auto in Southington since 1977, recommends that people scrape ice and snow off their windshields before putting the windshield wipers on in conditions like this.
“I had two people call me this morning, and said, ‘You know, unfortunately, I left my wipers on because it was raining last night,” he said. “The wiper blades freeze to the windshield.”
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Then the motor cannot push them and something is going to break.
He also recommends checking the tire pressure and making sure you have enough windshield wiper fluid since you’ll be using it often to clear salt used on the roads from the windshield.
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Crews responded to treat the roads around the state after the storm.
The state Department of Transportation said they've had more than 600 trucks working throughout the night and into the morning.
“What we’re hearing from our plow drivers is that people are driving way too fast. They continue to pass our plow drivers, they are driving way too fast on the roadways and that’s leading to a lot of single-car crashes, these spinouts or rollovers even, which is just really unsafe for everybody out there,” said the Department of Transportation spokesperson,Josh Morgan, said.
The DOT is urged people to get out of the house earlier this morning. People are urged to give themselves extra time to get to work.
During the day, the sun combined with the treatments should help melt the ice.
High temperatures will be in the upper 20s on Wednesday with "feels-like" temperatures in the teens. Lows will be in the teens at night.
The snow and ice mix also caused dozens of crashes on Tuesday.
In Stonington, a tractor-trailer hauling 40,000 pounds of bananas rolled over on an I-95 off-ramp. A minor injury was reported.
Another tractor-trailer truck crashed and was dangling off the side of I-91 South in North Haven.
Two state police troopers were involved in crashes and so were three state Department of Transportation vehicles.
As the week goes on, the cold weather will continue.
Highs on Thursday will be in the upper 20s and lower 30s. A few flurries are possible.
On Friday, highs will be in the upper 20s and light snow is possible. At this point, it looks like it would be 1" or less.
You can get the latest forecast anytime here.
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