If you forgot about the potential perils of driving in the snow, you received your first reminder this weekend. Door County saw its first measurable snowfall of the season on Sunday, with totals topping six inches the farther up the peninsula you went. The area was under a Winter Storm Warning for much of the day on Sunday and re-entered it on Monday.
The snow kept the Door County Sheriff’s Department busy with nearly a dozen vehicle-related incidents, two of which resulted in injuries.
At 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, a 24-year-old Baileys Harbor woman lost control of her vehicle on State Highway 57 near Ahrens Road in Baileys Harbor. She was traveling northbound when her vehicle spun counterclockwise and slid into a ditch, striking a tree. She suffered a suspected minor injury but did not require additional treatment.
Early Monday morning, a 21-year-old Algoma man lost control of his truck, overturning it in a nearby ditch. The accident occurred just after 12:30 a.m. on County Highway S near Tagge Road as he was traveling southbound. The vehicle sustained heavy damage after it spun in the roadway and overturned. The driver suffered suspected minor injuries but did not need to be taken to the hospital.
Door County is expected to remain under a Winter Weather Advisory until 6 p.m. Monday. The snow and ice could be gone by midweek, with temperatures warming into the 50s on Thursday and Friday and lows in the mid-30s to low 40s.
