Snow-covered roadways were responsible for three crashes Monday morning.
The first crash occurred about 6:10 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 at mile marker 138 in Kline Township.
State police at Frackville said John Gottshall Jr., 55, of Plymouth, was driving a 2004 Toyota Tundra south when he lost control on the ice, went off the road and struck a guide rail.
Police said the truck came to a stop on the west berm facing north and Gottshall was taken to Hazleton General Hospital by McAdoo EMS for evaluation of minor injuries.
McAdoo firefighters assisted at the scene and police said Gottshall will be cited for failure to drive on roadways laned for traffic.
In Port Carbon, a snow-covered street was attributed to an oil delivery truck hitting and snapping a utility pole.
That crash occurred about 10:20 a.m. when Jessica Schmidt, Minersville, was driving a 2008 International truck owned by Tobash Oil.
Police Chief Jon J. Bowman said Schmidt was driving the truck west on North Street, near the intersection with Coal Street, when she lost control on a hill, slid 86 feet and struck the pole.
Bowman said heavy-duty wreckers were brought to the scene to remove the vehicle, after which PPL crews arrived to replace the snapped pole.
Bowman said the truck was finally removed from the street about 2:45 p.m. and utility crews worked for several more hours to replace the pole and get the electrical and other wires off the road.
Bowman said Schmidt was not injured and that Port Carbon firefighters assisted at the scene.
In East Union Township about 10:38 a.m., a vehicle traveling on the snow-covered Route 924 lost control and struck a tree.
State police at Frackville said Jennifer L. Fisher, 34, of Sheppton, was traveling northbound on Route 924 near Green Mountain Road in her 2002 Chrysler Sebring when her vehicle left the road and struck a tree.
Fisher suffered minor injuries and was taken to Hazleton General Hospital for treatment.
Her vehicle had to be towed and she will be cited for failing to drive within a single lane.
The snow also attributed to several other vehicles sliding off roads and onto snow-covered shoulders.
Towing services were kept busy retrieving these vehicles from the snow and getting the drivers back on their way.
The National Weather Service in State College provides unofficial snow accumulation totals throughout the day from either trained spotters, from the public or co-op observers.
Tony Mach, a meteorological technician with the National Weather Service in State College, said Monday there were 7.7 inches in Pottsville as of 4:19 p.m., 7 inches in McKeansburg as of 12:30 p.m. and 7 inches in Pine Grove as of 11:50 a.m.
All of these totals were from public spotters.
The NWS is also saying there is more snow on the way.
Overnight, there is a chance of snow before 1 a.m., then more snow, freezing rain and sleet afterward.
Mach said that Schuylkill County may see five to six inches of snow by Wednesday morning.