Warning that its really getting nasty out there right now, local mother Diane Burchill, 56, reported Friday that she saw a car that slid off the road and into a ditch. I was driving home on Route 28 and passed a minivan that had gone right off the road and down into a ditch, said Burchill, further confirming that cars were moving slowly near the scene of the accident. You know it always gets slippery along that stretch. I saw the driver outside waiting for the tow truck. Poor thing. This is why I hate driving in this weather. Sources confirmed the accident was not too far from where Burchill had seen a very large tree branch that had fallen after a thunderstorm last summer. 