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Winter weather causes headaches for Horry County drivers

Tuesday, winter weather conditions on Horry County roads caused headaches for several drivers.

“If you don’t have to go out, I wouldn’t go out,” said Tony Somers.

Somers was driving around for work early Tuesday morning and now he is paying for it; literally.

“Probably look at $3-400 bucks,” he said.

Somers got into a wreck when his car hit ice.

He says drivers on Highway 17 seemed to be taking it easy on the roads, but caution is not always enough.

“I blame myself. I should have been a little more cautious, even though I thought I was, but like I said that ice is pretty unforgiving”

Somers is not the only one.

State Highway Patrol officials say from midnight on Tuesday to around 4pm there were a total of 27 accidents in Horry County.

The wet road conditions are only expected to get worse through the night.