![]() The bad weather also disrupted rail traffic in Virginia. Asked whether the station was out of fuel, he said, “We’re about to be.” “We don’t have much of anything left,” said the employee, who gave only his first name, Jason. An employee who answered the phone at a Sheetz gas station in Woodford, Va., on Tuesday afternoon said customers had been streaming in - many on foot, having walked about a quarter-mile from the highway. I95 traffic drivers#“I had to sleep in my car last night on an ice-packed interstate with a ton of other cars.”įilling stations and convenience stores did steady business, at least once drivers were able to get to them. Kaine said in a phone interview on Tuesday afternoon as he arrived in Washington, having spent more than 20 hours stuck in his vehicle. on Monday, as his normal two-hour commute to the Capitol was disrupted by the gathering accidents and snow. ![]() senator from Virginia and a former Democratic nominee for vice president. The snowstorm trapped truckers, students, families and every stripe of commuter, including Tim Kaine, the junior U.S. “We don’t believe that accounts for the vehicles on the 95 stretch,” she said. Parker said, four inches of ice froze underneath vehicles.Ĭorinne Geller, a spokeswoman for the Virginia State Police, said the authorities had responded to more than 1,000 traffic crashes and more than 1,000 disabled or stuck vehicles statewide. At least one tractor-trailer slid sideways across the highway. “That was entirely too much for us to keep up with,” she told reporters on Tuesday.Ĭars and trucks slowed, and then stopped, on their way up and down hills. ![]() Rain turned to sleet and then snow, which fell at a rate of two inches an hour for four to five hours, according to Marcie Parker, a Virginia Department of Transportation engineer. Officials said the storm began on Monday with rain, which would have washed away road salts, and quickly overwhelmed efforts to keep the highway clear. The Virginia State Police said they had not received any reports of injuries or deaths related to the storm, but the authorities around the Mid-Atlantic said it had caused at least five deaths. ![]()
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