Emergency responders inspect an accident on Interstate 79 Monday afternoon. This silver Honda sedan and the tractor-trailer collided on I-79 northbound about 12:30 p.m. The crash smashed the car between a guardrail and the truck. Cranberry Township fire police closed off one lane of I-79 while the vehicles were towed. No other information was available.

County residents who have dug out from snowfalls of 6 inches or more are now turning their attention to a forecast of dropping temperatures and the possibility of freezing rain.

The snow that covered the area Sunday night and all day Monday put down the most in the Cabot area, which got 7 inches, the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh reported. The snow also led area school superintendents in the county to cancel classes Monday.

“In general, this was the largest storm we've had this year,” said Pat Herald, a meteorologist for the weather service.

Cranberry Township had about 6 inches of snow, while Slippery Rock had 4.5 inches, Herald said. Butler had about 3.8 inches.

Various road departments have been working to keep traffic moving through the storm.

Butler city Councilman Richard Schontz Jr. said the city's streets department was called out Sunday night.

“The guys are working nonstop the past couple days,” Schontz said. “They're keeping the streets cleared and fairly dry.”

Schontz, who oversees the streets department, said it's tiresome work for the guys plowing the snow.

“They put in a lot of long hours,” Schontz said. “The city really appreciates their work.”

According to the Butler County Communications Center, nine accidents were logged from 5:44 a.m. to 3:50 p.m.

Most of those wrecks appeared to be concentrated in the southern part of the county, including two each in Cranberry and Adams townships.

Minor injuries were reported in only a handful of those accidents. A Mars man was taken to the hospital after a two-car collision in Adams Township left him momentarily dazed, authorities said. The near head-on crash shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Mars Evans City Road happened in front of the sewage plant.

Adams Township police identified the drivers as Ryan Cosme, 23, and Mary Snow, 37, both of Mars.

Cosme apparently was semi-conscious when rescuers got there, said Chief Bill Hayes of the Adams Area Fire District.

Firefighters had to use hydraulic spreader tools to remove the driver's door and get Cosme out. He was taken to UPMC Passavant Cranberry with injuries believed to be minor.

Meanwhile, drivers in separate crashes on Commonwealth Drive in Cranberry Township, on Valvoline Road in East Butler and on Chicora Fenelton Road in Donegal Township lost control of their vehicles and ended up hitting trees and a utility pole.While most of the heavy snow is gone, Herald said there will be more wintry conditions this week.“We have a couple systems coming through on Thursday that will bring snow showers or freezing rain,” he said. “But not big snow storms.”Herald said there is potential for more snow showers next week as well.While Butler County was covered in snow, it faired better than areas along the east coast.“New England is getting the most,” Herald said. “They have a big nor'easter that fortunately isn't hitting us.”Eagle staff writers Will DeShong and Jim Smith contributed to this report.

This flipped vehicle closed Thorn Run Drive off Route 38 in Oakland Township about 11 a.m. Monday. No other information was available.