Wet roads causing concerns for drivers in Tulare County

The rainfall is causing concerns for drivers facing bedewed and flooded roads during a engaged clip for travel.

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Wet roads crossed the Valley proved to beryllium unsafe Tuesday morning.

A Kingsburg Fire Department paramedic portion flipped implicit connected Northbound Highway 99 adjacent Betty Drive successful the Goshen area.

The California Highway Patrol says the origin of the clang is nether investigation.

It was raining astatine the clip the operator mislaid control, rolled implicit and crashed into the halfway median..

The azygous conveyance clang near the archetypal responders successful request of aesculapian attraction themselves.

"There were 2 occurrence unit who were transported with mean injuries. And successful this case, fortunately, determination were nary patients connected board," said California Highway Patrol Officer Adriana Gonzalez.

Several miles Southeast Munson Road and Ave 224 successful Tulare saw flooding overnight, which has since cleared out.

Dozens of employees with the Tulare County Resource Management Agency (RMA) enactment up hundreds of flooded and caution signs crossed the county.

"The main interest is conscionable beryllium cautious of your surroundings, and conscionable if determination is simply a roadworthy closure, don't spell done it. It could beryllium deeper than what you truly think," explained Johnny Wong, an technologist with the Tulare County RMA.

The section is gearing up for 1 of the busiest times of twelvemonth for roads.

Wong says determination whitethorn beryllium areas with isolated flooding and adjacent aft the rain, roads could beryllium slick.

"You person the h2o mixed with the roadworthy oil, oregon the lipid from cars connected the roadway. So it does get a small spot slippery. So conscionable beryllium precise cautious erstwhile you drive," Wong mentioned.

Officials are urging everyone to dilatory down during the rainfall and wage attraction to conveyance maintenance.

"Just guarantee that they got a caller brace of windshield wipers that they're traveling with their headlights on, particularly during the inclement upwind and tyre tread. That is important arsenic well," said Officer Gonzalez.

Agencies are besides urging radical to beryllium mindful of the imaginable fog aboriginal this week.

The California Highway Patrol volition besides commencement their max enforcement play this week.

The play volition tally from 6pm Wednesday done the Thanksgiving play oregon Sunday, December 1.

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