NATCHEZ — Icy road conditions had drivers slipping, sliding and stranded in the Miss-Lou Tuesday.

Area law enforcement agencies reported their officers and deputies assisted several motorists who had slid off the road or could not get enough traction to move.

Adams County Sheriff Chuck Mayfield said Tuesday afternoon deputies assisted 18-wheelers who could not get enough traction to make the turn off John R. Junkin Drive onto Seargent S. Prentiss Drive near Natchez Regional Medical Center.

Deputies also assisted stranded motorists, including an 18-wheeler driver, who could not get enough traction after coming off the eastbound Mississippi River bridge to make it up the hill on John R. Junkin Drive beside the Natchez Visitor Reception Center.

Mayfield said he called in off-duty and reserve deputies to assist in responding to calls Tuesday.

ACSO also transported nurses and other employees to NRMC Tuesday morning, Mayfield said, to keep them from having to drive on the icy roads.

Mayfield said as of 2 p.m., he had not heard any reports of injuries from wrecks.

Natchez Police Captain Tom McGehee said officers assisted several motorists — seven as of 2 p.m. — who had slid off the road or were stuck on ice on Seargent S. Prentiss Drive, John R. Junkin Drive, South Canal Street, D’Evereux Drive and other roads.

Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop M Sgt. Rusty Boyd said MHP worked four vehicle collisions and a dozen other incidents in District 9, which covers Adams, Jefferson, Wilkinson, Franklin, Amite, Pike, Lincoln, Lawrence and Walthall counties.

A couple of the wrecks, Boyd said, were in Wilkinson County between Woodville and Centreville.

Boyd said he did not know of any injuries that resulted from collisions.

A Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said the office had a handful of calls from drivers who slid off the road, but no reports of injuries.

Mayfield cautioned motorists to be safe driving today as many roads may remain icy through the morning.