State Patrol: More than 800 crashes and spinouts in 24 hours beginning Monday evening
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Drivers might want to plan for a longer commute Tuesday morning.
KSTP Traffic Reporter Josie Smith reported seeing frequent spinouts on metro area highways and roads.
A snow emergency was declared for Mankato, where the city received 3 inches of snow.
Smith said metro area highways and roads are wet and icy and that some side roads, ramps and bridges were snow-covered early Tuesday.
By 10:45 a.m., Metro Transit reported its buses were "largely back on schedule" and that any continued delays were under five minutes.
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Meanwhile, according to the Minnesota State Patrol, there were 168 crashes and 174 spinouts from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, and another 208 crashes and 155 spinouts from 9:30 p.m. to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. Altogether, that’s more than 700 total crashes and spinouts reported in 17.5 hours, which equates to about 40 traffic incidents per hour during that time period.
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Additionally, the State Patrol said there were 63 crashes and 52 vehicle spinouts from 9:30 a.m. Tuesday to 4 p.m.
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