Toledo, Ohio: Pileups on an Ohio highway involving at least 50 vehicles killed three people on Wednesday as a late-winter storm swept through the Midwest and the Northeast.
Emergency workers struggled to reach accidents and stuck vehicles because of snowy conditions and traffic backups.
Drivers sat for hours, said Mike Ramella, who was in the middle of a 7-mile (11-kilometer) backup.
"I'm just sending emails, still working," said Ramella.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed the deaths but didn't immediately have further details.
Tens of thousands of homes and businesses in northern Illinois and Indiana lost power, and a few hundred flights were canceled at Chicago's airports. The got about 6 inches (15 centimeters) of snow.
Wednesday's storm was moving east. Some places could see their heaviest snowfalls of the winter before the storm dissipates over Canada.
The storm was helping to edge snowfall totals toward the top of the record books.
Chicago had already been buried this winter by 75.5 inches of snow, the fourth most on record dating back to 1884-85. Wednesday's snow pushed the seasonal total into third place.
Emergency workers struggled to reach accidents and stuck vehicles because of snowy conditions and traffic backups.
Drivers sat for hours, said Mike Ramella, who was in the middle of a 7-mile (11-kilometer) backup.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed the deaths but didn't immediately have further details.
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Wednesday's storm was moving east. Some places could see their heaviest snowfalls of the winter before the storm dissipates over Canada.
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Chicago had already been buried this winter by 75.5 inches of snow, the fourth most on record dating back to 1884-85. Wednesday's snow pushed the seasonal total into third place.
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