<p>The latest issue of the Carletonian is dated February 28 (I think), which would have been put to bed before the accident, which took place around 3pm last Friday February 28. There has been plenty of information communicated to the Carleton community about this tragedy, both by email and by postings on the Carleton website:</p>
<p><a href=“http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/president/news/?story_id=1109122”>http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/president/news/?story_id=1109122</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://apps.carleton.edu/news/news/?story_id=1109074”>http://apps.carleton.edu/news/news/?story_id=1109074</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://apps.carleton.edu/communications/campus/?story_id=1109781”>http://apps.carleton.edu/communications/campus/?story_id=1109781</a></p>
<p>It is surely exaggeration to say that Minnesota’s roads aren’t safe in the winter. No road in any state that is icy in the middle of a snow squall is safe. And the conditions that afternoon in Northfield are thankfully not continuously present, even in winter. But dangerous road conditions like this can occur in almost any state, though they are more common in the northern states. We all need to take the road conditions into account when traveling.</p>