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Slide off and injury accidents in Lake County during icy pre-dawn

Michelle Lovato? Lake County Leader | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years, 6 months AGO
by Michelle Lovato? Lake County Leader
| December 4, 2015 6:24 AM

The Montana Department of Transportation is reporting that all Lake County roads are wet.

Here is the Montana Transportation Road Report for 10 a.m.:                                                                                                          

MT-35                                                                                                                                                 
       POLSON TO YELLOW BAY                                                                                                                          
           Wet, Areas of Frost / Ice                                                                                                                  
       YELLOW BAY TO JCT WITH S-206                                                                                                                  
           Wet, Areas of Frost / Ice                                                                                                                 
       JCT WITH S-206 TO JCT WITH US-2                                                                                                                
           Wet, Areas of Frost / Ice                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
US-93                                                                                                                                                
       POLSON TO ELMO                                                                                                                                
           Wet, Areas of Frost / Ice                                                                                                                  
       ELMO TO JCT WITH MT 82                                                                                                                        
           Wet                                                                                                                                        
       US-93 ALTERNATE ROUTE                                                                                                                         
           Wet, Areas of Frost / Ice                  

Earlier the Montana Highway Patrol is reporting an active crash-slideoff at Canal Road and Courville Trail.

The Montana Highway Patrol reported another crash-slidoff in Sanders County on Montana 200 at mile marker 35.

TRAVEL ALERT: The Montana Department of Transportation reported SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS on Highway 93 from Polson Hill north, around Flathead Lake on both sides, through the Flathead, east and west to the Idaho border on the west and Columbia Falls on the east.

Portions of 1-90 were closed  from Missoula to the Idaho border because of icy conditions early this morning.

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