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By JOLYN RESNICK Times Leader Staff Writer
 Wednesday, December 15, 1999 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 2A 





The sleet and freezing rain that covered county roads and sidewalks were
responsible for at least 23 crashes Tuesday, said Norbert O'Donnell, 911
executive director. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Most of the crashes did not result in injuries, O'Donnell said. But
according to state police at Wyoming, Tami L. Matz of Beaver Meadows was taken
to the Community Medical Center in Scranton after she lost control of her car
while traveling southbound on Interstate 81 at 3 p.m. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The car left the road, struck a rocky embankment and rolled over several
times, state police said. It came to rest in the center lane of the road.
State police said Matz suffered a concussion. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Most of the rain-and-sleet mixture fell at higher elevations, said Joanne
LaBounty, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Binghamton,
N.Y. She said temperatures were in the mid-30s Tuesday afternoon, but as the
rain fell it also brought down colder air. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 By 5 p.m Tuesday, .59 inch of rain had been measured at the
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, she said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 LaBounty said today's temperatures should rise into the 40s, but there
should be no precipitation until after midnight. On Thursday, the area could
face more rain that may change to snow in the late afternoon. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation sent salt trucks on area
roads before 4 p.m. Tuesday, Hanover Township police said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

911 Reports 23 Weather-related Crashes