At 4:38, a vehicle slid off the road at Indiana 128 and County Road 700 West.

Two additional accidents occurred at Indiana 32 and County Road 200 East, and on West State Street in Pendleton but drivers and passengers involved in both wrecks did not need to be transported to the hospital, Richardson said.

John Kinley of Anderson Emergency Management said several accidents occurred at bridges and overpasses in town due to heavy ice that accumulated over the evening hours.

Eisenhower, Madison Avenue and Broadway bridges were all closed temporarily Monday night to allow city crews a chance to salt and scrap ice from the bridges.

Kinley said motorists also faced slick surfaces while attempting to drive up inclines and hills on city streets but all accidents in the city caused by weather resulted in minor injuries and property damage.

Officials in Alexandria, Elwood and Pendleton reported minor accidents involving vehicles sliding off the road or none at all.

Chesterfield Police Chief James Kimm said two accidents occurred just outside of town limits due to slick roadways. In both cases, drivers escaped without injury.

On Monday night, Kinley said road conditions took a turn for the worse as the afternoon came to a close. “The temperature was just above freezing before the sun went down. That’s what kept the road slick-free. When the sun went down, the roads instantly froze and we still had light snow which caused the roads to freeze quick at overpasses.”

Kinley said motorists should expect similar conditions as winter rolls in. “We’re getting into the time of year where the weather can change rapidly.”

Blowing snow that covered county roads like a sheet of fog also caused problems for motorists as road visibility diminished.

By 8:30 p.m. Monday, Kinley was confident that road crews were getting the city’s main arteries clear of ice and blowing snow.

Scott Harless of the Madison County Highway Department said some shifts could send as many as 12 plow and salt trucks onto county roads during severe weather conditions.

This was not one of those shifts. Four trucks canvassed county roads as temperatures plunged and roads froze over. “We usually just have four when it’s hit-and-miss like this.”

In all, The Herald Bulletin confirmed 32 ice-related accidents across the county in a seven-hour span, but Mitch Carroll of the Anderson Police Department said that did not include accidents that were not reported to police.