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*BLACK ICE HAZARD*

There is a severe black ice problem heading southbound on CT-33 right at the Wilton/Westport city line where Westport Road turns into Wilton Road. I drive past here every morning from Wilton towards the Merritt Parkway, and there is a recurring water run-off problem on the southbound size of CT-33.

This is a steep downhill, blind left curving road where and this morning at 7:25am a Jeep Wrangler got into a bad car accident from this black ice that stopped traffic in both directions. I tried to stop short, but my car immediately slid on the black ice and I had to swerve over the curb onto the grass narrowly missing the telephone pole. I then swerved back onto the road and my car finally stopped facing the wrong direction on the northbound side. Fortunately the accident stopped traffic in both directions and I avoided a head-on collision that could have been fatal.

The cities of Wilton and Westport need to address this water run-off problem or heavily salt this section of the road. It's a recurring problem that I see every morning and the black ice was very bad this morning.