Drivers along a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Virginia have been stranded in freezing temperatures for hours after a crash involving multiple vehicles
dumped more than a foot of snow on the region.
“State and local emergency personnel are continuing to clear downed trees, assist disabled vehicles, and re-route drivers,”“An emergency message is going to all stranded drivers connecting them to support, and the state is working with localities to open warming shelters as needed,” he said as he urged drivers to continue to avoid the interstate.
However, at around 11 p.m., he said traffic came to a “standstill,” leaving him and his passengers trapped in their vehicle in the hours since.“Just after midnight the street was packed like the flashmob in ‘La La Land,’ “ he said, referring to the opening scene from the hit film starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling when trapped motorists exited their cars for a joyful performance of “Another Day of Sun.
Some also warned that they had kids and pets in their vehicles, as they struggled to make it through the storm,The chaos unfolded when all southbound lanes of I-95 were shut down at mile marker 136 near Centreport Parkway after a crash involving several vehicles around noon on Monday. By early Tuesday morning, the department said crews were “mobilizing now to start taking people stopped on interstate off nearby interchanges to bring them to alternate routes.”
“For the last 7+ hours, I’ve been stuck in my car, not moving, in a total shutdown of I-95 northbound about 30 miles south of DC,” Lederman said.
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