A 46-car pileup on the Ohio Turnpike killed four people and injured multiple others on Friday, according to authorities, as part of a fearsome winter storm that blasted extreme weather throughout much of the United States to start the Christmas weekend.
As people took to the roads for holiday travel, authorities in Ohio, Kansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky reported that at least 13 people were killed in crashes on Friday.
In Ohio, officials said the initial crashes in the pileup began about 11:45 a.m. Friday, with additional cars crashing into each other about 45 minutes later. Buses were brought in to take people from the crash area to a facility so they could stay warm, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. High-speed winds and whiteout conditions are expected in Ohio through the weekend, authorities said, and the eastbound lanes of the Ohio Turnpike near Sandusky were closed Saturday morning. Westbound lanes on the turnpike reopened late Friday, nearly 12 hours after the initialIn Sandusky, on the shores of Lake Erie, community members recounted how they rushed to bring warm food, drinks and shelter to those caught up in the pileup.
Robert Clark, who was traveling from Detroit when the winter weather changed his plans, told the TV station that he and his partner “had seconds to get out of the car.”
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