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UPDATED: Icy Roads Cause Problems Sunday Morning

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Tom Sofield
Credit: Stephen Grosso
Credit: Stephen Grosso

UPDATED: Sunday, 10:12 a.m.:

A Bucks County emergency services responder said crews are dealing with “dozens” of accidents caused by icy roads.

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Crews closed the Burlington-Bristol Bridge Sunday morning due to ice.

PennDOT and local crews have been spotted on local roads salting ice-covered travel routes.

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Authorities in Lower Bucks County warned Sunday morning that local roads were icy after a bout of freezing rain.

Several accidents were reported as of 8 a.m. Sunday.

“There is a lot of black ice on the roads right now making for unsafe driving conditions,” Middletown police said.

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“It’s a parking lot of cars that are sideways and in ditches,” Langhorne resident Stephen Grosso said of Route 413 near his home.

Road crews are reported to be salting icy spots in several municipalities.

I-95 in the area of Route 1. Credit: PennDOT
I-95 in the area of Route 1.
Credit: PennDOT

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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.