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| Sheet ice causes multiple crashes | |
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| A 40-mile (64km) stretch of one of Devon and Cornwall's major roads was closed by police because sheet ice made it too dangerous to drive on. | A 40-mile (64km) stretch of one of Devon and Cornwall's major roads was closed by police because sheet ice made it too dangerous to drive on. |
| The A30 between Okehampton and Bodmin reopened earlier after being shut in both directions when a number of accidents "littered the road". | |
| Devon and Cornwall Police said officers at the scene found it was "too slippery to even stand up" in some places. | Devon and Cornwall Police said officers at the scene found it was "too slippery to even stand up" in some places. |
| The road was gritted twice overnight, the Highways Agency said. | The road was gritted twice overnight, the Highways Agency said. |
| Gritting is not a magic wand Highways Agency spokesman | Gritting is not a magic wand Highways Agency spokesman |
| South West Ambulance Service urged drivers to take care. | |
| It said there had been more than 30 crashes across Devon and Cornwall, involving vehicles overturning or crashing into each other, over a three-hour period. | |
| In one of the most serious a man was airlifted to hospital with fractures after a crash at Launceston at about 0700 GMT. | |
| Joe Head, from Devon and Cornwall Police, said: "There have been many crashes on the A30. | |
| "Officers at the scene reported it was too slippery to even stand up in some places. | "Officers at the scene reported it was too slippery to even stand up in some places. |
| "Accidents have littered the road." | |
| The Highways Agency said it had gritted the A30 twice overnight. | The Highways Agency said it had gritted the A30 twice overnight. |
| A spokesman said: "After salting this morning we had a lot of hail and rain which washed away the salt and iced over again. | A spokesman said: "After salting this morning we had a lot of hail and rain which washed away the salt and iced over again. |
| "It is unusual but there's not a lot we can do about it. Gritting is not a magic wand." | "It is unusual but there's not a lot we can do about it. Gritting is not a magic wand." |
| The A38, another major road connecting Devon and Cornwall, was closed at Dobwalls after four separate accidents in the same area. | The A38, another major road connecting Devon and Cornwall, was closed at Dobwalls after four separate accidents in the same area. |