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News / Icy roads

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THERE were a number of car accidents in Shetland on Thursday morning amid a warning from police to take extra care on the roads due to icy conditions.

Drivers have been told to add extra time to their journeys as a result of black ice across the isles.

A car collided with a lamp post on Lerwick’s Commercial Road at around 6.40am.

Another car meanwhile went off the road at the Tingwall straight on the A970 at around 6.30am.

And a van and a car collided on Gilbertson Road in Lerwick at 6.10am. No injuries were reported in any of the incidents.

 

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