Dangerous Black Ice Covers Mountain Roads in Lake Arrowhead
INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 1.10.26 | 4:20 PM
LOCATION: Lake Arrowhead
AREA/CITY: Lake Arrowhead
DETAILS:
- Several days of Below Freezing temperatures associated with brutal santa ana winds has cause major area of black ice all through out the roads in the san bernardino mountains.
- after several weeks of intense rain and flooding, the ground is over saturated and waters is leaking out of the ground and causing water flows all through out the streets.
- Santa ana winds started late wednesday and with it came painfully freezing temperatures through out the mountain.
- These water flows started to freeze cause more and more water to dam up behind its own ice.
- The result are these massive sheets of glacier ice all through out he mountain roads in areas that have zero sun exposure.
- over the last several days, there has been a slew of dozens of vehicles gettin stuck on ice, spin outs and even traffic collisions.
- This morning in lake arrowheads, 2 wheel drive vehicles vehicles and trucks struggles to navigate through the thick sheet of ice that spanned close to 80 yards long.
- no injuries were reported today as the freezing temperatures and heavy winds continue.
HANDLING AGENCIES: CHP
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