Andy Partridge of Plainfield Auto Service and Towing stretches a cable to a pickup truck that slid off the road in Plainfield, N.H., on Dec. 5, 2016. The driver, who declined to give his name, lost traction while downshifting on his driveway, crossed Underhill Road and rolling down the bank. He was not injured. Ed Mitchell, right, who is owner of the towing service, had been to five accidents during the day in Plainfield and Cornish, N.H. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Andy Partridge of Plainfield Auto Service and Towing stretches a cable to a pickup truck that slid off the road in Plainfield, N.H., on Dec. 5, 2016. The driver, who declined to give his name, lost traction while downshifting on his driveway, crossed Underhill Road and rolling down the bank. He was not injured. Ed Mitchell, right, who is owner of the towing service, had been to five accidents during the day in Plainfield and Cornish, N.H. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Valley News — Jennifer Hauck

Lebanon — Several motor vehicle crashes and slide-offs were reported in Lebanon and the surrounding communities during Monday morning’s slick commute.

Two Lebanon school buses ran into problems transporting children to school, and a Lebanon Public Works truck rolled onto its side at the bottom of Pumping Station Road next to the city’s water treatment plant. No one was injuried in either bus accident, and the city worker also was uninjured.

Lebanon Police Chief Richard Mello said a school bus slid off of Glen Road and suffered minor body damage. One student was on the bus at the time, and that student was removed from the bus and transported to school using additional means, he said.

Tim Ball, Lebanon School District’s business administrator, said the other bus incident took place on Seminary Hill. He said the driver couldn’t make it up the hill and the bus slid backward and sideways.

Several city officials put their heads together on the snowy morning to determine whether school should be closed, Ball said. Though he isn’t one of those people, he said the decision is made in the “wee hours” of the morning and that the snow didn’t pick up until after the decision was made.

A message left for Superintendent Joanne Roberts wasn’t returned.

The chief said accidents and slide-offs were reported on Interstate 89 and on Route 4 near Exit 17, among many other places in the city. Several other people had trouble making it up Seminary Hill, he said, which isn’t atypical for a snowy morning.

Nobody suffered serious injuries in any of the accidents in Lebanon, Mello said.