Interstate I-95 Shut Down in Virgina All Night as Drivers Stuck in Cars for 11 Hours in East Coast Blizzard
Massive winter storm shuts down interstate 95 in Virginia stranding drivers overnight.
The AP reported this morning on the snowstorm on the East Coast.
Road crews struggled to reach hundreds of motorists on Tuesday after they were stranded all night in freezing temperatures along a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Virginia. Both directions came to a standstill after tractor-trailers jackknifed in the ice and snow, state police said.
Both directions of traffic on I-95 came to a standstill Monday between Ruther Glen, Virginia, in Caroline County and exit 152 in Dumfries, Prince William County, the Virginia Department of Transportation said. At around daybreak on Tuesday, the agency tweeted that “crews will start taking people off at any available interchange to get them.”
The amount of snow led to accidents and stopped traffic on I 95.
