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Slick Conditions Blamed for Town Truck's Slide Into Hotel Structure
By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:13PM / Monday, November 20, 2017
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A storage area at the Northside Hotel was damaged in the Monday morning accident.


The truck slid down the small incline and into the building. 
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The first snowfall of the season in Williamstown got the winter driving season going with a bang on Monday morning when a town vehicle collided with one of Town Hall's neighbors.
 
No one was injured in the early morning low-speed collision of a town truck that appears to have slipped off the driveway that wraps around the municipal building, down a small incline and into a storage structure adjacent to the Northside Motel.
 
Town Manager Jason Hoch said the incident happened before his arrival at Town Hall just after 8 a.m.
 
He was not able to provide many details late Monday morning as he awaited a report from the Williamstown Police Department. He said it was likely the town would be submitting an insurance claim arising out of the accident.
 
He also noted that there were slick conditions throughout town on Monday morning and that the first freeze and snowfall often can be problematic.
 
"There isn't even that residual salt [from previous saltings] to help prevent icing," Hoch noted.
 
Hoch said the vehicle in question was on the road doing water inspections. The area it appears to have slipped from is in the northwest corner of the Town Hall property, which remains well shaded. Hoch said Monday morning he was not sure whether the stretch was salted before or after the accident.
 
The owner of the motel was not immediately available for comment.
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