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WEATHER TROUBLES * USA: April Blizzard
* Wyoming - Winter weather causes 70-Vehicle Pile-Up on Wyoming Interstate
(Apr 16, 2015 - This video was shared with the PitchEngine Communities by Sherzod Kutfiddinov, whose trucker friend shot it. This wreck involved more than 30 vehicles and injured more 20.The scene of a 70-vehicle pile-up Thursday in Wyoming between Laramie and Cheyenne)
-- As many as 70 vehicles piled up in one spot of a Wyoming interstate Thursday after a heavy April storm dropped almost 10 inches of snow on the area, authorities said... An almost 150-mile-long stretch of Interstate 80 remained closed in both directions Thursday afternoon between Cheyenne in southeast Wyoming and Rawlins in the central part of the state because of treacherous, slick conditions that caused accidents across the area, officials said. The worst spot was near mile post 342, between Cheyenne and Laramie, two of the state's major population centers... The state Highway Patrol said three major accidents happened in blizzard conditions. As many as 50 commercial vehicles and 20 passenger vehicles were piled up at the scene, it said... The National Weather Service said parts of Laramie County along I-80 got up to 9.8 inches of snow — and things could get worse...
... Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories were ineffect for much of the region Thursday evening...
Laramie, WY, USA - NBC News - 15 April 2015
Laramie, WY, USA - NBC News - 15 April 2015
Labels: weather troubles, winter weather
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