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In parts of North Rhine-Westphalia it was slippery on the streets on Wednesday morning.

Numerous accidents occurred, but people were only slightly injured.

As the German Weather Service (DWD) announced, a storm low brought cold air to North Rhine-Westphalia.

Especially in East Westphalia and the Sauerland, the DWD had warned of slippery conditions due to freezing over and individual snow showers.

Several police stations reported accidents due to slippery roads.

A gritter overturned in Bielefeld.

The 22-year-old driver was slightly injured.

The vehicle had to be towed.

According to initial estimates, the damage was around 15,000 euros.

Only minor injuries

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In the Warendorf district, five people were injured in several ice accidents on Wednesday night.

As a rule, the drivers came off the road and injured themselves easily, the police said on Wednesday morning.

A 57-year-old woman overturned her vehicle in Beckum late Tuesday evening and had to be taken to a hospital with an ambulance, slightly injured.

The car of a 24-year-old driver had also come off the road in a curve in Sassenberg-Füchtorf, rolled over and got stuck on the roof.

The woman was able to free herself from the car and was taken to a hospital.

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Two accidents occurred on a country road in Oelda, with a 21-year-old woman who was slightly injured and was taken to hospital.

Precipitation not as heavy as expected

In Vlotho (Herford district), the fire brigade freed a 27-year-old who had strayed from the road with his car because of the slipperiness and crashed into a tree.

He was trapped in his car after the accident.

According to the police, there have also been isolated accidents in Hagen, Kleve, Mettmann, Hamm and Mönchengladbach.

Mostly it was minor sheet metal damage.

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The police in Münster announced that there were problems with slippery roads, especially in the Steinfurt district.

In Wesel, a person was slightly injured in an accident that morning.

In Detmold, on the other hand, a police spokesman described the smoothness as “a little problem”.

As a spokeswoman for Straßen NRW announced, preventive sprinkling was carried out in Solingen on Tuesday evening and on Wednesday night.

Gritters were also on the road in the Sauerland on Wednesday between 2.30 a.m. and 3 a.m.

The expected rainfall was not as strong as expected, so the situation overall remained relaxed.