March snow brings accumulation of slide-offs
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Joseph Bailey blows the snow from his driveway Wednesday in Franklin.
PHOTO BY SCOTT ROBERSON
More than 40 people crashed their vehicles or slid off local roads after five inches of snow fell in the county starting Tuesday afternoon.
Morning rain turned to snow around 4 p.m. Tuesday, just before rush hour, with most of the snow falling before 8 p.m., according to the National Weather Service Indianapolis District. The weather service recorded five inches of snow in Johnson County.
Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson schools were closed Wednesday, while the other five county schools districts called for two-hour delays.
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