NEXT Drive Alert: 180+ crashes statewide as snow coats Minnesota roads overnight
MINNEAPOLIS — A NEXT Drive Alert was in effect for the Tuesday morning commute as a round of overnight snow left roads slick.
Snow was still falling in parts of the metro during the commute, and even after it tapered off, windy conditions were blowing what had already fallen.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation's 511 website showed spinouts and crashes across the Twin Cities. In the eastern metro, near the Wisconsin border, a stalled semi caused a lane closure on Interstate 94 westbound and slowed things down significantly.
MnDOT plows were out on the roads Tuesday morning looking to combat the poor conditions.
The Minnesota State Patrol said between midnight and 9 a.m. Tuesday, there were 181 crashes statewide. Nine of them caused injury, though none were serious or fatal. Additionally, 121 vehicles spun out or left the roadway and 13 semis jackknifed.
