More than one hundred vehicles was smashed into each other and some, slid off the interstate highway in Michigan as a snowstorm made conditions “treacherous” for road travel in the US state.
The huge pile-up on Monday prompted the Michigan State Police to close both directions of Interstate 196 highway just southwest of Grand Rapids, while officials worked to remove all the vehicles, including more than 30 trailer trucks.
Michigan State Police said there were numerous injuries from the crashes, but none were believed to be fatal.
Still images and videos posted on social media and published by local publications showed trucks and other vehicles piled up along a stretch of snow-covered highway.
The US National Weather Service has issued warnings about either extremely cold temperatures or the potential for winter storms across several states, starting in northern Minnesota and stretching south and east into Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
Forecasters have also warned that freezing temperatures are possible across much of north-central Florida and southeast Georgia.
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