Sudden Storm Brings Snow to Roads, but no Big Spike in Crashes

Authorities are hoping we can ride out the rest of the snowfall with minimal damage to cars and passengers.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The NDHP says they have not yet seen any particular uptick in calls for service since this sudden storm blew into town, but that they need the public’s health in staying vigilant so that doesn’t change.

“Every road might be a bit little different, even on the same stretch of road – you never know what hazards might be up ahead so we’ve just got to make sure we’re driving at a responsible speed, and with all due caution so we can avoid ending up as a statistic ourselves,” said Sgt. Adam Malafa.

After the charming way March closed out, weather-wise, few expected April 2nd to look quite like this.

Sgt. Malafa says it’s quite possible drivers got lured into a false sense of security.

“I know a lot of people made comments that they can kick the winter gear out of their car – well, not quite. You know, usually wait till the end of April at least. Then you can start planning for summer, and summer activities,” he laughed.

Surface streets in the F-M metro appeared fairly clear in the afternoon, if a bit slushy.

But Malafa cautioned that once you get outside the city center – conditions can change fast.

“Some of the areas we’ve been seeing some issues yesterday and today would include those bridge decks, areas like that, and also wherever there’s a tree row or a shelter belt or something like that which might come to an end, cause sometimes that little bit of a windbreak might cause extra slow to accumulate.”

So, as always, extra caution and discernment is needed behind the wheel –

because neither you nor they want to be involved in a rescue in this kind of weather.

“We’re not trying to tow cars out of the ditch at rush hour traffic. We didn’t have any of that this morning, so we’re thankful for that today,” he said.