The first big snowstorm of the winter Monday didn’t phase Tooele County drivers much.

Neither Utah Highway Patrol nor Tooele County dispatch had responded to a single incident associated with the storm or slick roads as of 9 a.m. Tuesday.

“It was actually a fairly light snow. The roads weren’t really that slick,” said UHP Sgt. Bob Gutierrez. “I know they had some problems in Salt Lake County, but as far as Tooele County goes we didn’t have anything. I’m just glad our drivers were paying attention.”

Tooele City Mayor Patrick Dunlavy said the city handled the storm well.

“We were in pretty good shape,” he said. “We had some slide-offs and minor fender benders, which always happens with the first storm. Even though people know it’s coming, they’re not always prepared.”

He added snowplow crews were out sanding roads last night.

“We had our snowplow crews out at night, not necessarily to plow snow, but the intersections got real slick with ice so they sanded. Those guys came out and they were still working around the intersections at 11 p.m. Unfortunately, with this type of storm, when you have a little bit it just turns to ice when people drive on it.”

Tooele City Police Capt. Steve Newkirk said there was one accident because of the snowy roads at SR-112 and 1700 W., when a vehicle lost control. Newkirk said it doesn’t appear there were any injuries.

Although it was the first real storm of the season, Newkirk said having only one accident isn’t surprising because the roads weren’t all that bad.

“I think if there would’ve been more snow and it would’ve been snowpacked I think it would have been a different story,” he said. “Usually the first couple of snowstorms we have several accidents, but I think the roads were kept fairly clean and that helped us.”

Sarah Miley: swest@tooeletranscript.com