An employee with the Norway Highway Department plows Main Street sidewalks on Tuesday afternoon. Roads were slick throughout the day and a few accidents were reported.
NORWAY — Area police and fire officials responded to several reports of vehicles crashing or sliding off roads during Tuesday’s snowstorm.
Paris Police Chief Hartley Mowatt Jr. said his officers went to Elm Hill Road where a vehicle slid into a tree. The driver was not injured, he said.
Later in the morning, officers responded to a vehicle that slid off Hebron Road, but there were no injuries, Mowatt said.
Norway Police Chief Rob Federico said no accidents had been reported as of noon.
“People must be staying in between the lines so far,” he said.
The Oxford Fire Department was called for a vehicle that crashed into a telephone pole near 168 Mechanic Falls Road.
The storm forced Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School and Oxford Hills Middle School to close at noon, and all elementary schools to close at 1 p.m., according to the Norway Police Department.
Oxford Hills adult education classes and after-school activities were also canceled.