SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Parts of central New York have received an early taste of winter after some areas received up to 9 inches of snow over the weekend, causing numerous accidents in the Syracuse area.
The highest snow totals Sunday were in the neighboring Oswego County towns of Mexico and Parish, 25 miles north of Syracuse.
See photos of the early snow.
Police say Sunday’s icy conditions caused more than 50 accidents in Syracuse, including a pre-dawn crash on Interstate 81 involving 11 vehicles. Officials say a man was pinned underneath one of the vehicles. He suffered serious head injuries and is listed in critical condition at a Syracuse hospital.
The accidents closed stretches of I-81 for hours, including a section north of Syracuse.
The temperature plunged to 10 degrees early Monday morning in Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks.