A wintry mix of snow and rain wreaked havoc for drivers along stretches of road in the Lakes Region, from Laconia to New Hampton.
Sgt. Gary Hubbard of the Laconia Police Department, slippery road conditions contributed to several cars going off the road late Wednesday morning into early afternoon.
"There have been cars going off the road, all day, especially along Parade Road (Route 106) and on Meredith Center Road," Hubbard said, adding that he did not have detailed information on each incident.
The majority of the accidents were not serious, involving single vehicles sliding off the road with the drivers and passengers not reporting serious injury.
Around 10 a.m., there was a vehicle that rolled over, trapping the driver inside.
Hubbard said the driver was extricated and only suffered minor back injuries.
On Route 3, in the Weirs Beach area, near Cumberland Farms, a tractor-trailer truck couldn't make it up the hill because of icy road conditions, he said.
"The weather played a major role in traffic conditions," Hubbard said, adding that when roads get slippery, "people just need to remember to slow down and take their time."
There were also several accidents along Interstate 93 in the Tilton and New Hampton.
Sgt. Mark Armaganian, assistant commander of Troop D, based in Concord which oversees much of Interstate-93, through Ashland, as well as most of Interstate 89, said troopers were definitely kept busy.
"At this point we're still dealing with cars driving off the road," Armaganian said Wednesday afternoon. "I think this storm caught a lot of people off guard. They didn't think we would get a wintry mix of snow, sleet and rain, and people just didn't adjust their speed."
Earlier forecasts for Wednesday had predicted mostly rain in the area with above-freezing temperatures.
Capt. David Hall of the Tilton-Northfield Fire Department said there were two accidents on Interstate-93 in Tilton, one that occurred at 11:40 a.m. the other at 12:30 p.m.
He said in both incidents, the cars rolled over onto their sides, but there were minor-to-no injuries in each case.
The New Hampton Fire Department also reported two rollovers on I-93, neither of them serious.
Slippery roads also caused a few accidents in Moultonborough.
Moultonborough Police reported there was accident at 12:29 p.m., which involved a vehicle going off the road and up onto snowbank, with no injuries reported.
At 1:42 p.m., a plow truck went off the road on Route 109 at Route 171, but there were no injuries or serious damage to the truck.
At 2:27 p.m., there was a two-car accident on Moultonboro Neck Road. Police said the driver of a vehicle in the southbound lane lost control in an "S" curve of the road and crossed over into the northbound lane, colliding with another vehicle. No injuries resulted from the accident, police said;
Finally, at 3:17 p.m., another accident occurred when one driver on Evans Road attempted to stop her vehicle at a Stop sign, at the intersection of Route 25. Due to the icy road conditions, she slid through the stop sign area and rear-ended another vehicle. No serious injuries resulted.
Later in the afternoon, between 2:40 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., there were a couple of accidents reported in Moultonborough, including one on Route 16, near the Route 25 overpass, where a vehicle spun out.
At approximately 3:20 p.m., an accident involving two vehicles was reported on Whittier Highway.
Moultonborough police were not available in the evening to give further details.
According to the National Weather Service, snow accumulation on Wednesday was less that an inch.
The mix of rain and snow turned to just rain after 3 p.m., when temperatures got into the upper 30s.
The forecast for today, St. Patrick's Day, is partly sunny with a high near 48, with some rain showers expected Thursday night. Rain showers are predicted for Friday, but it will mostly cloudy with a high in the lower 50s. Less than a one-tenth of inches of precipitation is expected Thursday night.
Rain showers are also expected on Saturday, with highs in the low 40s.
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