Hundreds of motorists have been stuck in the snow for more than 15 hours along a 50-mile stretch of a Virginia interstate after a crash involving six tractor-trailers, authorities said.
WOODFORD, Virginia -- An icy traffic nightmare continues to unfold in Virginia following Monday's winter storm.
The Virginia Department of Transportation confirmed both directions of I-95 remained shut down between Ruther Glen, Virginia, in Caroline County and exit 152 in Dumfries, Prince William County. Hours passed with hundreds of motorists posting increasingly desperate messages on social media about running out of fuel, food and water.Video shows the icy traffic nightmare unfoldiing on I-95 between Washington, DC and Richmond, Virginia.
The agency said Monday that emergency crews were responding to more than 600 accidents in the winter weather. Compounding the problem, traffic cameras went offline as much of central Virginia lost power in the storm, the agency said. More than 281,000 customers remained without electricity on Tuesday.
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