Snowdrifts Making Roads Impassable, Motorists Abandoning Cars

RIVERHEAD, NY — Riverhead Police are asking motorists to stay off the roads, with snowdrifts Saturday making some roads impassable and forcing people to abandon their cars.

According to Riverhead Town Police, the National Weather Service has issued a wind chill advisory for the area through 10 a.m. Saturday due to windy conditions.

Due to the wind and drifting snow, Riverhead Police told all motorists traveling throughout the north end of the township including Sound Ave., and all north/south roadways from Sound Ave., that those areas are subject to snowdrifts and are impassible.

"We currently have numerous motorists stuck in the snowdrifts creating a hazard by abandoning vehicles in the roadway and hindering snow plow operation," police said. "The conditions of the roadways have been changing by the hour. Police department advises all motorist to refrain from travel until later in the day and until we can get the vehicles removed and the roads cleared."

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