Several inches of fresh snow coat Anchorage roadways and that’s causing problems for drivers.
Jennifer Castro is a spokesperson for the Anchorage Police Department. She says police have been responding to accidents since early this morning.
“A lot of the accidents started up around 5 a.m. this morning and as of 11:30 this morning we’ve responded to 71 accidents, five accidents with injuries and 29 vehicles in distress. Now there isn’t just one area that we’re seeing to be a really bad, bad area. These accidents are occurring all over Anchorage,” Castro said. “The best advice that we offer to people is to just go slow and anticipate adding in some more time to get wherever you need to go.”
Forecasters expect snow to continue falling overnight with around six inches total accumulation.
Daysha Eaton is a contributor with the Alaska Public Radio Network.
Daysha Eaton holds a B.A. from Evergreen State College, and a M.A. from the University of Southern California. Daysha got her start in radio at Seattle public radio stations, KPLU and KUOW. Before coming to KBBI, she was the News Director at KYUK in Bethel. She has also worked as the Southcentral Reporter for KSKA in Anchorage.
Daysha's work has appeared on NPR's "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered", PRI's "The World" and "National Native News". She's happy to take assignments, and to get news tips, which are best sent via email.
Daysha became a journalist because she believes in the power of storytelling. Stories connect us and they help us make sense of our world. They shed light on injustice and they comfort us in troubled times. She got into public broadcasting because it seems to fulfill the intention of the 4th Estate and to most effectively apply the freedom of the press granted to us through the Constitution. She feels that public radio has a special way of moving people emotionally through sound, taking them to remote places, introducing them to people they would not otherwise meet and compelling them to think about issues they might ordinarily overlook.
