Ice and snow stranded scores of drivers on Interstate 95 in Virginia into Tuesday morning after a winter storm pounded the mid-Atlantic and dumped more than a foot of snow in some places.
A winter storm is blanketing streets in and around the nation's capital, closing government offices and schools and grounding the president's helicopter. Ice and snow stranded scores of drivers on Interstate 95 in Virginia into Tuesday morning after aThe storm brought havoc to roadways, left more than 300,000 without power in Virginia and Maryland and caused at least five deaths across three states.
On a roughly 50-mile stretch of I-95 near Fredericksburg, drivers were stuck in their cars overnight with ice blanketing the freeway and cars at a standstill. The Virginia Department of TransportationMarcie Parker, the department's Fredericksburg District Engineer, said in a statement Tuesday that crews were continuing to treat patches of snow and ice with up to several inches of accumulation.
"We know many travelers have been stuck on Interstate 95 in our region for extraordinary periods of time over the past 24 hours, in some cases since Monday morning. This is unprecedented, and we continue to steadily move stopped trucks to make progress toward restoring lanes," Parker said. Late Monday, the agency shared a photo of the traffic jam with the caption,"We wish we had a timetable, ETA or an educated guess on when travel will resume on I-95. It's at a standstill in our area with multiple incidents. Its frustrating & scary."
We wish we had a timetable, ETA or an educated guess on when travel will resume on I-95. It's at a standstill in our area with multiple incidents. Its frustrating & scary. Please know our crews don't stop. Crews will work 24/7 until ALL state-maintained roads are safe for travel
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