Cold temperatures cause driving hazards, school delays in Mariposa County

The Mariposa County Unified School District is moving with section and authorities partners to show upwind and roadworthy conditions.

MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Extremely acold temperatures created dangerously icy roads and delayed schoolhouse for hours successful Mariposa connected Thursday morning.

While the snowfall created a beauteous sight, it besides created slippery conditions.

Michael Ruark was driving into municipality to enactment astatine the Mariposa Marketplace.

On his mode in, helium saw respective accidents connected the roads.

"There's a batch of achromatic crystal retired determination this greeting due to the fact that the temperatures were truthful cold," said Ruark.

The California Highway Patrol said its officers responded to respective ice-related crashes.

Officials are urging radical to beryllium alert and support their region portion driving.

"If you bash deed immoderate crystal similar determination was this morning, you privation to not slam connected your breaks. Don't bash thing abrupt," said CHP Officer Steven Mullen.

If you're readying to caput to the snow-covered mountains this weekend, Mullen says it's important to beryllium prepared.

"A basal exigency kit with immoderate flashlight batteries, immoderate water, worldly if that if you get stranded for a nighttime oregon two, you privation to person immoderate basal supplies with you," said Mullen.

The acold upwind besides caused a two-hour hold for students heading to the schoolroom Thursday morning.

The kids yet headed to schoolhouse astir 10 a.m.

One genitor says she didn't caput the hold arsenic agelong arsenic the students were safe.

"I cognize that determination are a batch of radical that unrecorded astatine 3000 oregon 4000 feet elevation. There's a batch of snowfall up there," said Jennifer Beavers.

The Mariposa County Unified School District is moving with section and authorities partners to show upwind and roadworthy conditions.

Speaking of those roadworthy conditions, Caltrans says it ran snowfall plows from the Chowchilla River Bridge to the Mariposa-Madera County enactment earlier successful the morning.

Snow plows are besides moving adjacent El Portal and the Yosemite National Park entranceway connected Highway 140.