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Interstate and state highways turned into parking lots as over 100,000 vehicle accidents were caused by the weather. Roofs of buildings caved in under the weight of the ice and snow, especially in areas which measured over 10 inches of snow. Almost a million residences saw power outages and numerous phone lines were downed.
On February 3, 2010, a family from California was traveling east on snow-covered Interstate 40 near Gallup, New Mexico, when the driver hit a patch of ice, sending their pickup truck across the median into the westbound lanes, striking an oncoming vehicle, killing the adult passenger, and leaving the driver, the child, and the driver of the ...
From January 8 through January 10, the storm dropped a swath of snow and ice from eastern Texas, and eastward across portions of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Significant snows and ice fell in these regions causing significant travel emergencies and accidents.
In a Facebook post, the Sheriff’s Office shared pictures from the scene of that crash and another wreck between a semitrailer and a minivan on Wednesday morning. (2:06 p.m. ET) Mobile Civic ...
The death toll continues to climb in the wake of a powerful three-pronged storm that unleashed snow, ice and severe weather across more than a dozen states from Kansas through New Jersey. Seven ...
July 26 – United States – Taconic State Parkway crash. A minivan driver travelled the wrong way for 2.7 km (1.7 mi) on the Taconic State Parkway before crashing head-on into an SUV, killing eight and injuring three. [73] July 27 – Tanzania – A bus collided with a lorry after bursting a tire in Korogwe, killing 28. [74]
The total snow and sleet forecast for the area that includes San Antonio, 80 miles to the south, ranged from a dusting up to 1 1/2 inches − with hazardous ice accumulations of one-tenth of an inch.
Over 200 snow and ice removal vehicles were prepared to be treating the roads during the storm. Utility workers began preparing to work for many hours fixing the power due to outages from snow and ice. [98] Two people were killed in car accidents in Kentucky. [99]