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Memphis, Tennessee  Memphis roads dangerous in icy conditions
Posted: Updated:  MEMPHIS, TN - (WMC-TV) – The major weather
concern in Memphis Tuesday night was icy bridges and overpasses.
They've forced many drivers off the road.  Traffic was moving
fine at I-240 in Midtown. But it was a much different story on
bridges and interstates around the city.  "Right now it's not
really that bad," motorist Elliott Williams said. "I guess the
roads are slick, but you can see."  But in some places it was
that bad. Three cars wrecked at the bridge on highway 51, one of
them flipped over by a police officer who had just left the
training academy. The two other cars were on the side of the
road.  At I-55 and Winchester, T-DOT cameras captured an officer
involved crash.  There were wrecks all over Memphis, with the
majority happening after 6:00 in the evening. Memphis police
responded to 21 in one hour.  Some people went out earlier in
the day, like Hannah McClar