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12/10/2007: "Black Ice"

(Truck roll-over on Roche Harbor Road, San Juan Island)

Roll-over accidents on Lopez and San Juan Island may have been due to slippery roads from snow over the weekend, and "black ice" Monday morning. The Lopez accident resulted in injuried being taken by the Sheriff's boat to Anacortes, however there appeared to have not been any injuries when a pickup truck lost control and flipped on it's side on Roche Harbor road.

Rain and overnight freezing resulted in thin ice on many roads that looked to be dry and safe. Shortly after the accident on Roche Harbor, a county truck drove by while spreading a thin layer of sand on the road to provide some traction to early morning drivers.