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Snow and slush make a mess of Friday’s morning commute

A spring snowstorm made for a messy commute on Friday morning, and rain and snow are expected to continue into the afternoon commute as well.

Rain turned to snow on Thursday night into Friday morning, creating slushy conditions that slowed traffic to a crawl and led to a number of accidents.

Flooding closed 3300 South at 400 West for a time, and Emigration Canyon was shut down when power lines fell on a snowplow and set it on fire. The driver escaped without injury, according to Salt Lake Police.

There were scattered power outages across northern Utah, and reports of downed trees and limbs.