Drivers snowed-in all night as I-95 shuts down in Virginia
Source: Associated Press, via the Roanoke Times
Drivers snowed-in all night as I-95 shuts down in Virginia
Associated Press 1 hr ago
This image provided by the Virginia department of Transportation shows a closed section of Interstate 95 near Fredericksburg on Monday. Both northbound and southbound sections of the highway were closed due to snow and ice.
Virginia Department of Transportation via Associated Press
RUTHER GLEN — Hundreds of motorists have been stuck in the snow for more than 15 hours along a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Virginia after a crash involving six tractor-trailers, authorities said.
The Virginia Department of Transportation confirmed both directions of I-95 remained shut down between Caroline County and exit 152 in Dumfries, Prince William County.
The tractor-trailer collision Monday afternoon caused no injuries, but brought traffic to a standstill along the U.S. East Coast's main north-south highway, and it became impossible to move as the snow accumulated. Hours passed with hundreds of motorists posting increasingly desperate messages on social media about running out of fuel, food and water.
“Crews will start taking people off at any available interchange to get them - for the southbound queue 143 (Garrisonville) and 140 (Courthouse) and northbound at exit 104 and exit 110. NB is 104 (Carmel Church) and 110 is Ladysmith," VDOT tweeted at 5:20 a.m. Tuesday.
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I already posted about this in the Virginia group, but now it's turning into national news.
Inspiration, Joe.My.God.
Snowstorm Crash Strands Hundreds On VA Interstate
January 4, 2022
https://www.joemygod.com/2022/01/snowstorm-crash-strands-hundreds-on-va-interstate/
Many tweets there. Some people like them; some people don't.
= new reply since forum marked as read
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, who lives in Richmond, said he remained stuck in his car 21 hours after starting his two-hour commute to the Capitol at 1 p.m. on Monday.
“This has been a miserable experience,” Kaine told WTOP. Traffic was so tightly packed that emergency vehicles struggled to remove disabled cars and trucks, he said.
Kaine described camaraderie among folks who were stranded, including a Connecticut family returning from a Florida vacation who walked up and down lines of parked cars sharing a bag of oranges they were bringing home. Still, spending the overnight hours in frigid weather was “nervewracking,” he said.
Darryl Walter, 57, of Bethesda, Maryland, was stuck on I-95 in Virginia for 10 hours as he drove home from a Florida beach vacation with his wife, 26-year-old son and dog, Brisket. For roughly five of those hours, they turned off their car to preserve gas until northbound traffic started crawling again.
