Winter weather has officially begun as the holiday rush gets underway in the Greater Utica area, and that means road conditions need to always be monitored. Utica Police are warning people to be especially careful as they are responding to dozens of accidents throughout the city.
The major winter storm hitting New York with snow and ice is causing hundreds of accidents. New York State Police are asking everyone to stay off the roads.
In what's being called the worst accident in Metro-North's history, 6 people were killed when a train, full of commuters, struck a vehicle on the tracks. The crash occurred at 6:30pm Tuesday in Valhalla, shortly after leaving Grand Central station in New York City.
In case you're heading eastbound on the Thruway this morning, a tractor trailer caught fire just after 6:30am about 3 miles west of the Little Falls exit.
I did it again yesterday. Apparently I never learn. I stopped at Dunkin Donuts for a coffee to go and when I went out to my car I put it on the roof while I adjusted a couple of things on the front seat. Then I got in and drove off. With the coffee still on the roof. The result?