no-sweat Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,149819,00.html PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. ? A snow squall caused a string of highway pileups involving as many as 90 vehicles Tuesday, killing one person and injuring at least 34 others, police said. Rescue crews needed hours to untangle and clear what Fire Chief Dave Peterson described as "knots" of wreckage. Two victims were hospitalized in critical condition. A six-mile section of U.S. 131 (search) just north of Grand Rapids (search) was closed and did not reopen until Tuesday afternoon. The wreckage stretched for a half-mile and included a tractor-trailer that was torn in two and a van that was crushed between two tractor-trailers. Jan Johnson, who lives nearby, said: "I heard the very first crash ? a big boom ? then it just continued for a few minutes, right after the other." Police said the snowstorm created near-whiteout conditions and made the road surface slippery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amr_01 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 saw this on the news earlier, luckily not more people were killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted March 9, 2005 Veteran Share Posted March 9, 2005 Wow :blink: I think the insurance companies aren't gonna be too happy about this :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webeagle12 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 one word: DAMN!!!! :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiegel Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 well that many cars, im surprised one person died true the death of one human being is as shocking as 100 deaths but wow, 1 dead :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph B Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Holy crap... I remember my first car crash, compared to that pile-up... Yeah. Ow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtchange Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 (edited) Quote removed i live just south of grand rapids in Kentwood....i heard about this too...it's crazy Edited March 9, 2005 by gameguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amitsaraf32 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Ouch. Poor chappies :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushnak Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 speechless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ember Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 holy cow, that sucks :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emo Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 yesterday on the garden state parkway, there were over 120+ accidents and counting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiegel Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 yesterday on the garden state parkway, there were over 120+ accidents and counting. 585590906[/snapback] theres always accidents on the parkway! :D the cops did close down rt-21.....******s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oggy_666 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 that is really bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solth Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 I live really close to that so I went almost though that all, also I work at the hospital where most of the people were sent to, it was really nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qdave Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 insane! its good that no more then 1 have died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted March 9, 2005 Veteran Share Posted March 9, 2005 i lived in kalamazoo my whole life, pretty close to that. i moved out to cali now though, no more snow unless i drive up. hope everyone is driving safe, i heard the snow storm is pretty bad on the east coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowcra Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 :cry: poor people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webeagle12 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 that snowstorm came through my town, visibility = about 5-6 cars infront, roads= very bad and very slippery :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoXY Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 wow....:omg:....that's pretty bad....jezz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolslacker Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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