As if a gift from above, Ridgefield got a white Christmas on the holiday’s eve.
It was a treat — except for drivers.
The snow squall began around 7 p.m. Because of cold temperatures, the snow immediately stuck to the roads, which also had been washed clean of their earlier “salt” treatments by rain a few days earlier.
Accidents and disabled cars were reported in many parts of town as road surfaces quickly became slick.
Danbury Road was bumper-to-bumper traffic for a long time, slowed or stopped by accidents and disabled vehicles — one, an 18-wheel tractor trailer that got stuck near the Verizon Store.
Ivy Hill near the rail trail was “a sheet of ice,” and highway crews had to back salting trucks down the hill there. One truck was involved in a minor accident on the hill.
The town was asked to help treat some state roads.
The actual accumulation was only about a half inch in the south side of town, just enough for the “white Christmas” effect.
Roads are in generally good condition this morning, but will have icy patches.