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Thread #125988   Message #2794865
Posted By: Lizzie Cornish 1
23-Dec-09 - 05:18 AM
Thread Name: Devon Travel Chaos 23/12/09
Subject: Devon Travel Chaos 23/12/09
If you're coming down to the South West today, please take great care.

We had rain early this morning, around 6am, which fell straight on to black ice...and the whole area has turned to a skating rink.

There've been dozens of crashes on the A38, which has been closed for hours after a 38 car pile up. A coach crash has killed two in Cornwall, after it skidded on ice...and people are trapped in their cars, have been for hours now, as the region has ground to a halt.

There's more rain forecast, although the day is starting to warm a little...However, if it freezes again tonight...........

Even the gritting lorries have crashed...and the police are worried that more rain will wash away what grit there is on the roads.

In short, do NOT come down here today unless you absolutely have to.

You can keep updated with the Travel News on BBC Radio Devon, on the link below...

BBC Radio Devon