Crime & Safety
'YOU WILL GET STUCK;' Ocean County Roads Impassable, Sheriff Says
A foot of snow is covering most roads in the area, officials say.
The Ocean County Sheriff’s Office is telling residents to stay off the roads Saturday morning, because most are simply impassable.
“Please do not drive until further notice,” the office said in a Nixle alert. “All roads are covered with at least a foot of snow. 4x4 vehicles also getting stuck!”
On Facebook, the sheriff’s office was more blunt:
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“Ladies and gentlemen of Ocean County, Iet us put this in clear language. The roads are completely impassable. All of them.
“Do not go out. YOU WILL GET STUCK. Let the plows do their jobs. Our officers are out with multiple vehicles that thought they could make it. They failed,” the post reads.
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“Do not make us waste our resources on poor decisions,” the office said.
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