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FRIDAY night’s freezing rain and sleet made roads in the county almost impassable, delaying workers coming home from the metropolitan area and hindering the beginning weekend traffic, all of which was reduced to a crawl.

A steady stream of reports of collisions, crashes and motorists in ditches was relayed to State Police and the local Sheriff's office. Trooper R. A. Baines, who had worked the day shift, was called back for a second shift that night, and another Trooper summoned from Page County was unable to cross the mountain at Panorama to help.

The most serious traffic mishap Friday night occurred on Route 211 in front of Pine Knot Inn. Brion Patterson of Sperryville driving a 72 Dodge struck a bank, flipped over on its side, slid down the road and struck a 71 Chevro

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