A Mercedes-Benz sedan spun out on a patch of road ice in south Morgan Hill Tuesday morning, forcing the closure of DeWitt Avenue for a few hours, police said.
No injuries were reported in the single-vehicle accident, which happened about 6:45 a.m., according to Morgan Hill Police Sgt. Bill Norman.
The vehicle was traveling southbound on DeWitte Avenue, north of the intersection of West Edmundson Avenue, when it slid across a patch of “black ice,” Norman said. The Mercedes sedan, driven by a female adult, slid off the roadway, through a fence and into a residential front yard.
The owner of a home near the crash site had been running sprinklers during the night, and the water ran off the yard into the road where some of it created a sheet of ice, Norman said.
The California Highway Patrol is investigating the accident, police said. Morgan Hill police assisted with traffic control in the aftermath of the accident, including closing a stretch of DeWitt Avenue for several hours Tuesday morning.
