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A week after the snow first fell and people are still dealing with snowy, icy roads

Icy streets in East Nashville
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A lot of people have felt trapped at home all week because of the snow and ice, and have called and emailed NewsChannel 5 to let us know their streets still have not been cleared.

East Nashville seems to really be struggling.

Someone sent in a video from their front door camera of a car sliding straight into an abandoned truck. The camera shows the intersection of Preston Drive and Carter Avenue. A dark-colored, mini-SUV slid down the hill coming from the right and it hit the truck hard enough to cause it to slide back a little.

Then over in the Delmas neighborhood, Mike Drassler and his friends decided they would take matters into their own hands.

They were tired of people getting stuck or slipping and sliding down the street. When neighbors saw Mike start shoveling the ice in front of his house the whole neighborhood jumped in to help, and they did a great job working together!

Check out these clips in the video above.

NDOT said it is working through its HubNashville requests to clear streets this weekend, but said it will be a challenge until temperatures rise more because it is too cold for salt.

Santa Train stops feel especially impactful in wake of Hurricane Helene

There are still so many families in East Tennessee hurting following the floods from Hurricane Helene in September. That made this year's running of the Santa Train extra special for many families in the northeast part of the state. This special Santa Express has been making an annual run in part of Appalachia for over 80 years.

-Lelan Statom