Fox 4 news of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas reported an accident involving a Richardson, Texas police officer. Apparently, this accident was caused not by driver error but because sprinkers were on during freezing temperatures.
The accident happened at Audelia Road and Walnut Street when the Richardson officer was pursuing a speeding vehicle. When the car hit the ice, it slid into a utility pole and was flipped upside down. Fortunately, the officer was not injured.
This accident should be lesson to all to make sure sprinklers are turned off during freezing temperatures. In many cities in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, it is a city code violation to have sprinklers on during freezing temperatures and/or not having a freeze sensor on your sprinkler system.
