ABOVE: A coat of sleet made driving tough Friday afternoon.

Emergency personnel were dispatched to this crash iust after 1:30 p.m. on Mahoning Mountain Road, below the intersection with Upper Nis Hollow Road. The driver lost control on a curve, went off the road and snapped off a utility pole. Mahoning Township police are investigating.

RIGHT: Several people were injured in a crash in West Penn Township around 1 p.m. along Route 309 about a mile north of South Tamaqua. The victims were treated at the scene by members of the Penn Mahoning ambulance and Lehighton paramedics. West Penn Township police are investigating the incident.

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BELOW: Ice coats cars and sidewalks on South Street in Jim Thorpe. Conditions varied throughout the area Friday afternoon. Cold temperatures will return this weekend, with a low of 6 degrees tonight. JAMES LOGUE JR./SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS