3 killed in crash with snowplow on Maryland highway
Two others killed by falling trees in the same storm.
3 Killed in snowplow accident
Three people were killed Monday night when their SUV slammed into the back of a snowplow in Montgomery County, Maryland.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. – Three people were killed when their SUV rear-ended a snowplow in Montgomery County, Maryland Monday night.
The crash happened along the Columbia Pike around 6:45 p.m., according to Montgomery County Department of Police.
Officers identified the victims as two women, ages 27 and 41, and a 52-year-old man. A fourth person was trapped in the wreckage but was eventually freed and taken to a local hospital with stable vitals signs.
The snow plow driver was not hurt.
The area received 5-8 inches of snow Sunday and Monday during the first snowstorm of the season. Plows have been blowing and treating roads since Sunday night.
Travel was treacherous across the D.C. Metro area. I-95 in nearby Virginia is just opening up after being closed for more than 24 hours, stranding drivers in both directions between Fredericksburg and Newington, Virginia.
I-95 closed overnight stranding hundreds
A driver took video of Northbound I-95 overnight. Both directions were closed due to the snow, ice and multiple accidents on the roadway.
This is the same closure that stranded Senator Tim Kaine. His normally two-hour drive took 19 hours.
SEN. TIM KAINE AMONG HUNDREDS OF DRIVERS STRANDED ON 1-95 IN VIRGINIA
Areas from southern New Jersey to North Carolina and into Tennessee reported inches to over a foot of snow.
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A 7-year-old girl died in Maryville, Tennessee after a tree fell on her bedroom said the Blount County Sherriff’s Office. High winds and heavy, wet snow knocked down the tree Sunday night or early Monday morning.
Another tree fell on a home early Monday killing a 5-year-old boy in Decatur, Georgia according to Fox 5 Atlanta.
BOY, 5, DIES AFTER FREE FALLS ON GEORGIA HOME DURING WIND ADVISORY
Mid-Atlantic Storm Re-Cap
FOX Weather has a recap of the first winter storm of the season for the Mid-Atlantic.
Silver Springs could see more freezing rain Tuesday night and another chance of rain turning to snow late Thursday. Maryville could see a rain/snow mix late Thursday.
Freezing rain possible from D.C. to New England
The National Weather Service issued Winter Weather Alerts for the Mid-Atlantic through to New England warning of freezing rain overnight.