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Road conditions cause rollovers on US 2

By P.J. GLISSON

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MARENISCO - Two successive rollover accidents on U.S. 2 were the result of dangerous driving conditions just east of the M-64 turn-off to Marenisco on Thursday evening.

Michigan State Trooper Stephen Maxinoski, who was at one of the scenes, said both accidents occurred in the hour before 8:30 p.m. He said the drivers of both vehicles lost control because of highway ice.

The Gogebic County Sheriff's Department also responded to both accidents, and the Marenisco Ambulance traveled from one of the sites to the next.

Maxinoski said he could issue no other in...