at Noon starts right now. >>>eve tannery: First at Noon...sleet and freezing rain are causing a messy Monday across the region. Some roads turned into a sheet of ice.>>JACIEL cordoba: It came at the worst possible time...during the morning commute.>>>JACIEL cordoba: WFMZ's Ryan Hughes is live in Spring Township, Berks County with the latest on the conditions. Ryan? Accidents all across the area. Skating rink Road crews out salting. >> nat: >> reporter: Cars were slipping and sliding...struggling to gain traction as a blast of ice covered area roads.>> rocco: "It's weird you just sit there the brakes on and the truck just moves on it's own." >> reporter: Rocco Cipolla's van ended up off the road in a ditch on his way into the office. He was coming around a curve on Wheatfield Road in Spring Township when he hit a sheet of ice...and lost control.>> rocco: "i was coming down real slow practically stopped and the truck just slid on its own uncontrollable.">> reporter: Minutes later...the slick street claimed another victim. Scott Heydt was heading from Lancaster to Sinking Spring when he ran into this detour. Part of Grings Hill Road was shut down because of icy conditions. And as he made his way onto Wheatfield..he saw the van...then started to slide.>> scott: "You just feel helpless it's a total loss of control and you're at the mercy of gravity at that point.">> reporter: Both vehicles barely missed hitting a tree.>> nat: >> reporter: Salt trucks were called in and a tow truck had to pull the vehicles out.>> nathan: "Snow doesn't really bother me..ice you can't do anything about. You just never know? Yeah." Luckily they were not hurt. Schools closed. >>>jaciel cordoba: It was a slippery start to the work week here in the Lehigh Valley as well. Lots of folks started the morning by salting the sidewalks and scraping off their cars. a number of schools were closed for the day...including here at Donegal Elementary in Bethlehem... And people everywhere were taking it
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