Call it the opening day of fender-bender season. The first snowstorm of the season Tuesday night produced dozens of accidents Wednesday morning, including 15 in Flagstaff and 11 more on the highways around the city.

Eastbound Interstate 40 near Bellemont was closed between 8 and 10 a.m. and backed up for about 6 miles after a minor collision between two tractor trailers.

Farther east, the Holbrook district of the Department of Public Safety fielded 113 calls for service between 4 a.m. and noon, with many of them involving accidents.

Arizona Daily Sun