NATCHEZ — With icy and slick road conditions, more than 100 Miss-Lou motorists found themselves in need of a little help Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office and the Natchez Police Department responded to a combined 73 calls of vehicles slid off the road, stranded motorists and wrecks.

No major injuries were reported, which Adams County Sheriff Chuck Mayfield said he believed was because drivers were extra cautious.

“It was so bad everybody knew they couldn’t go very fast,” he said. “Most of the calls we had were just people sliding off the road. We did have a couple that slid into somebody else, but there wasn’t speed involved.”

Mayfield said he also believes many residents stayed off the roads, which helped keep wrecks to a minimum and prevented injuries.

“I think a lot of people stayed in because there was a lot less traffic than I thought there would be,” he said.

At least 46 vehicles were towed by Concordia Parish wrecker services over the past two days, Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy David Hedrick said.

Some of those tow trucks assisted CPSO deputies who got stranded while trying to help motorists, Hedrick said.

Mayfield said his office assisted fewer drivers Wednesday than it did Tuesday because some of the ice and snow had melted into slush.

Deputies assisted motorists on Martin Luther King Jr., Foster Mound and Steam Plant roads. Deputies responded to wrecks on Greenfield, Lower Woodville, East Wilderness, Cloverdale and Palestine roads and U.S. 61 South.

The most dangerous roads, Mayfield said, are rural roads and bridges that are less traveled.

Natchez Police Capt. Tom McGehee said Natchez police officers assisted stranded motorists and responded to calls on Martin Luther King Jr., St Catherine and Franklin streets, Brenham Avenue, John R. Junkin Drive and other roadways. Some motorists, he said, were forced to leave their cars and walk home.

But with clouds that moved into the area and blocked the sun, some roadways remained icy and dangerous. Mayfield said.

Mayfield cautioned drivers to stay off the roads as they could remain icy through the morning.

“The roads are starting to clear up a bit, but it’s still going to be dangerous,” he said. “If you don’t need to go out, I would stay in.”