Winter Weather in Newton, Missouri
Winter Weather December 16, 2016 · Newton, Missouri
What the National Weather Service wrote
Numerous car accidents were reported across the county due to slick road conditions from light freezing drizzle. There was one indirect fatality and at least one indirect injury due to accidents on slick roads around the county. A driver lost control of his car and struck another vehicle about five miles east of Granby on Highway 60. The driver died at the scene of the accident.
The wider storm
Freezing drizzle caused major travel impacts and numerous accidents around the Missouri Ozarks. There were a few fatalities associated with car accidents which were indirectly caused by the icy road conditions.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 663979. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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