Icing conditions and freezing rain apparently caused a ten-car pileup on I-490 at South Avenue this morning. Rochester firefighters report multiple injuries.
The accident happened about 9:00 a.m. when roads downtown were described as sheets of ice. Not long after, the State Transportation Department closed the Route 590 ramps to 490 because of multiple accidents. Another multi-car crash occurred in Rochester at Monroe Avenue near the Inner Loop.
Channel 13 Meteorologist Marty Snyder said air temperatures rose above freezing, but road and bridge temperatures remained colder.