'Use extreme caution.' Icy roads on Upper Cape lead to car crashes Wednesday morning

Alison Bosma, Cape Cod Times
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BOURNE - Icy conditions have caused traffic pileups and car crashes on Upper Cape roads Wednesday morning.

"If you are out traveling this morning, USE EXTREME CAUTION!!!" A Facebook post from Bourne's Department of Public Works read Wednesday. "The roads are very slippery and (there are) accidents everywhere on the highways!"

Police dispatchers in Bourne, Sandwich and Barnstable said their departments were responding to car crashes due to icy roads.

The ice comes two days ahead of the region's expected cold snap, when temperatures could drop to minus 3 degrees Friday, with wind chills at minus 20 degrees or lower. The National Weather Service has labeled the weekend weather "dangerously cold."

Traffic began to pile up Wednesday morning on icy roads.
Traffic began to pile up Wednesday morning on icy roads.

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Bourne's Department of Public Works has also postponed the trash and recycling schedule. Pickups scheduled for Wednesday will be pushed to Thursday, while Thursday pickups will be pushed to Friday. Public works personnel are needed for snow removal, according to the Facebook post.

"Currently we’re dealing with a snow issue!" the post reads. "The timing of this is horrible, commute and school buses! All of our staff members are treating and scraping main roads for the buses and commuters."

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Service road in Sandwich between Route 6 exits 4 and 5. One person transported to Cape Cod Hospital. Service road temporarily closed to through traffic.
Service road in Sandwich between Route 6 exits 4 and 5. One person transported to Cape Cod Hospital. Service road temporarily closed to through traffic.

Cape Cod weather forecast

Wednesday's forecast included snow showers before 10 a.m., according to the National Weather Service, but less than one inch of accumulation for the day. The high temperature for Wednesday was 34 degrees, and the low is expected to dip to 16 degrees. Thursday, temperatures may kiss 40 degrees before plummeting through Friday and Saturday.

The frigid weather Friday and Saturday is expected to be quick, recovering by Sunday, when temperatures will jump back up into the 40s and become slightly warmed through Tuesday.

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This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: Icy roads and car crashes in Bourne, Sandwich, Barnstable