NORTH CAROLINA (WGHP) — Several crashes and other weather-related closures have impacted traffic through the Triad and other parts of North Carolina as the first snow of the season made landfall.
One North Carolina State Highway Patrol troop says that their calls for service had doubled their usual amount by just noon on Tuesday.
Whit Efird, Master Trooper of NCSHP Troop E, says that his troop had 210 calls for service as of 12 p.m. Tuesday. That amount is more than double their usual calls for service on any given day.
NCSHP has nine different troops, A-I, in total which cover every county in the state.
Troop E has stations in several Triad locations such as Lexington, Winston-Salem, King, Mount Airy, Mocksville and Yadkinville.
Efird urged drivers to increase their following distance, reduce speed and stay off the roads unless necessary during inclement weather.
