(GARY, Ind.) Icy road conditions closed the Indiana Toll Road and caused multiple crashes Thursday morning in Gary.
The westbound lanes of I-80/94 were closed shortly after 5 a.m. near Cline Avenue due to the slick roadway, according to Indiana State Police.
Police said “multiple” cars slid off the road near Calumet Avenue. Minor injuries were reported.
As of 6:45 a.m., salt trucks had been dispatched to the area, but it was not immediately known when the tollway would reopen to traffic.
The National Weather Service put a freezing rain advisory into effect until 9 a.m. Thursday. Freezing rain or drizzle could cause ice accumulations of up to a tenth of an inch in Cook, Lake, McHenry, DuPage, Will, Kane and DeKalb counties, as well as Lake and Porter counties in northwest Indiana.
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