GLASGOW — Dispatchers with the Barren-Metcalfe 911 Center stayed busy Monday morning answering numerous emergency calls.

Most of the calls were reports of wrecks that had occurred due to the wintry weather that arrived overnight. The Glasgow-Barren County area received an estimated half inch of snow.

The most severe of the wrecks investigated was on U.S. 31E about seven miles south of Glasgow. The Kentucky State Police worked the scence.

Cheryl Lee, 50, was transported by the Barren-Metcalfe Ambulance Service to T.J. Samson Community Hospital for treatment of injuries, said the Kentucky State Police.

The wreck occured around 7:45 a.m. when Lee’s 2006 Pontiac Grand Am, which was traveling north, skidded on the snow- and ice-covered roadway. The vehicle struck a guardrail end with the driver’s side rear tire, said the state police.

Also responding to the scene were firefighters with the Haywood Volun-teer Fire Department.

The 911 center received around 50 emergency calls, but only 11 wrecks resulted in injuries, said Tommy Furlong, 911 dispatcher.

Of those 11, two involved overturned vehicles, including Lee’s.

The number of calls the 911 center received regarding wrecks is “typical,” Furlong said.

“If it snows a little bit, people don’t slow down,” he said.

Barren County Sheriff Chris Eaton said luckily none of the ones his department worked were serious.

“We were just lucky that schools were closed today,” he said.

Eaton’s department worked two single-vehicle accidents that occured on Louie B. Nunn Parkway on Monday morning.

The first accident happened near the 14 mile marker where Kara Ford, 26, of Glasgow, lost control of her 2003 Jeep Liberty.

According to the sheriff’s department, she struck a guardrail and a bridge support.

A passenger, John Ford, 32, was transported to T.J. Samson Community Hospital for a laceration on the head.

The second accident happened about four miles ahead on the parkway.

Angela Harper, 27, of Edmonton, lost control of her 2002 Ford Explorer and overturned in the median.

Deputy Kevin Wilson investigated and was assisted by East Barren VFD and Barren-Metcalfe EMS.

County and state highways were treated so they would be less treacherous for motorists, but Eaton said, “it hit pretty quick.”

“The temperature dropped and froze them pretty quick,” he said.

Officers with the Glasgow Police Depart-ment worked only one wreck Monday morning.

“That wreck was serious enough for a person to be transported,” said Captain Kent Keen. “This is not a typical number. It is extremely low.”

Members of a Glasgow family were injured in the two-vehicle crash just before 9 a.m. Monday.

Mark B. York, 43, of Wilderness Road, was driving a 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe and attempted to turn from L. Rogers Wells Boulevard onto Smith Road when he lost control on the ice-covered roadway, according to a Glasgow police report.

York’s SUV collided with a 1992 Chevrolet pickup driven by Frederrick A. Wells, 59, of Dana Court, Glasgow, causing severe damage to the left sides of both vehicles.

York’s wife Cynthia, 42, and their four children, Clay, 10, and Grace, Tanner and Chelsea, all 7, were passengers in the Tahoe. The York family was taken to T.J. Samson Community Hospital by Barren-Metcalfe County EMS where Clay and Grace were treated and released. Other family members were not hurt in the wreck.

Wells was also uninjured, according to the report.

GPD Officer Howard Garrison responded to the scene.

Barren County seemed to have gotten the worst of the weather in the southcentral Kentucky area.

Emergency personnel in Metcalfe County responded to only one non-injury wreck Monday morning.

Monroe and Hart county officials reported having no wrecks with injury due to Monday’s weather.

The Kentucky Trans-portation Cabinet lists several things on its Web site that motorists can do to avoid crashes when there is ice and snow. They are:

• Drive carefully. Allow plenty of time to get to destinations. Do not use cruise control. Remember bridges and exit and entrance ramps can be icy when other areas are not.

• Leave a “space cushion.” Leave enough room between the car in front because stopping in snow may require up to four time the normal stopping distance.

• Be seen. Dull, cloudy days will cut down on visibility so drive using low-beam headlights.

• Steer into skids. Stay calm and ease feet off gas pedals while carefully steering vehicles in the directions they should go.

• Practice driving. During daylight, rehearse maneuvers slowly on ice or snow in an empty lot.

For more information about driving in ice and snow visit the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Web site at http://transportation.ky.gov