Accidents were abundant this morning as freezing rain coated Augusta area roads in ice, turning them into treacherous ice rinks.

At leave 40 vehicle accidents were reported to various law enforcement agencies this morning, several of them roll-over crashes.

One such accident near Monmouth on Route 135 left a Monmouth man unscathed, luckily. Jeremy Gatcomb, 23, lost control of his sedan on an icy corner, and rolled over, striking a tree, Winthrop police Sgt. Dan Cook Winthrop said.

“I believe he was wearing his seat belt,” Cook said. Gatcomb was not injured and did not need to be taken to the hospital.

The Maine Department of Transportation has a handy web site for drivers to check before braving the streets this winter. Check out www.511maine.gov, and click on your region to get the scoop on up-to-the-minute driving conditions for your area.