Accidents pile up after newest layer of snow

The fresh snow that blanketed Central Illinois early Saturday, accompanied by winds, had area police and highway crews scrambling.

"There are a lot of cars in the ditches," Master Sgt. Kevin Riddle of the state police post at Pesotum said Saturday. "They find themselves on a dry stretch and think it's okay to get back up to speed and then they come to a spot where there's snow blowing across and they can't get slowed back down."

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