Nearly 60 traffic crashes reported in Bay County in last 24 hours

Area police and emergency responders were dispatched to nearly 60 traffic crashes throughout Bay County since yesterday morning. The season's first heavy snowfall resulted in 58 crashes, said staff at Bay County Central Dispatch. There were no fatalities reported. "It looks like in the last 24 hours we've had 20 traffic crashes, and another dozen or so just cars that slid off the road where there was no damage," said Trooper John Kellerman of the state police's Bay City post. He added that it didn't appear as though any regions of the county had a higher concentration of crashes. A fellow trooper, Sgt. Tim Robbins, was injured in a crash Tuesday morning when a 1998 Oldsmobile rammed into the back of his 2010 Chevrolet Suburban while it was parked along Interstate 75 in Zilwaukee Township. The trooper was released from an area hospital later the same day. The driver of the Oldsmobile and a passenger were hospitalized but stable as of yesterday.

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