State patrol reports 157 morning crashes, messy evening commute expected

Wednesday, a mix of rain and sleet made driving conditions challenging during the morning commute and a messy evening commute is also expected.

The Minnesota State Patrol reported that across the state, there were 157 crashes between 4-11 a.m. Wednesday. The agency added that one of those crashes caused serious injuries and 18 caused injuries not considered to be life-threatening.

In addition, a state patrol vehicle was rear-ended in Detroit Lakes; the agency reported no one was injured in that crash.

The state patrol reported another 97 vehicles spun out or went off the road, and there was one jackknifed semi.

Take a look at road conditions early Wednesday via the video player below:

Traffic Reporter Hanna Conway reported a series of spinouts and delays as a result of the weather – you can follow her on Twitter for the updates. A feed of her latest tweets can be found below.

Current traffic conditions can be found here.

Tweets by kstptraffic

Chief Meteorologist Ken Barlow said the rain/snow mix is expected to continue throughout the morning, with snowfall expected late Wednesday afternoon into the evening.

Barlow said the sky will slowly clear late Wednesday night and Thursday will be a brighter, but cool day.

Rain mixed with snow will be possible on Friday night, but the weekend is looking mostly brighter and warmer than this past weekend, Barlow said.