UK snow: Stranded drivers rescued after icy conditions leave them stuck on perilous road Drivers were left stranded on a dangerous mountain pass after snow battered the Lake District over the weekend – with cops deployed to rescue six cars that got stuck in ice.
Cumbria Police sent officers to the perilous Wrynose Pass in the Lake District at around 1:05pm on Saturday, where the drivers were rescued and safely escorted down the single track mountain road.
An amber warning for snow and ice, with the risk of freezing rain, covers most of Wales and central England until midday on Sunday.
It came as the Met Office issued an amber warning for snow and ice in Cumbria from 9pm until midnight on Sunday.
Freezing rain, which makes up what are commonly known as ice storms in North America, is a rarity in the UK because the conditions for it are quite specific, according to the Met Office.
