Up to sixty vehicles involved in massive Michigan interstate crash during whiteout conditions while 120,000 remain without power in New Jersey after Storm Quinn buffeted the Northeast

Up to sixty vehicles involved in massive Michigan interstate crash during whiteout conditions while 120,000 remain without power in New Jersey after Storm Quinn buffeted the Northeast

  • Between 50 and 60 vehicles, including trucks, were involved in the I-94 crash in Michigan and several people were injured but none life-threateningly
  • Michigan Department of Transportation confirmed the accident was likely caused by a sudden snow squall
  • Northeast was hit with a monster snow storm Wednesday morning, threatening 60 million people from Philadelphia to Boston
  • Nor’easter dumped more than a foot of snow, with at least 14 inches in one part of New Jersey
  • More than 123,000 homes and businesses remain without power in the Garden State on Friday morning 
  • The region is still recovering from another nor’easter that hit last week, with many still without power
  • Storms left at least two dead this week; a teacher in New Jersey was electrocuted by a downed utility wire while an elderly woman was killed after a tree fell on her in her driveway in Suffern, New York 

Up to sixty vehicles were involved in a massive I-94 crash after Michigan was hit with heavy snowfall as the Midwest and Northeast struggles to recover from repeated snow storms.

The huge pile-up occurred around 10.30am on Friday after the interstate was engulfed in whiteout conditions.

Between 50 and 60 vehicles, including trucks, were involved in the crash and several people were injured but none life-threateningly. The Michigan Department of Transportation confirmed that the accident was likely caused by a sudden snow storm.

Meanwhile, more than 120,000 people are still without power in New Jersey two days after Storm Quinn whipped through the Northeast and dumped more than one foot of snow on the region.

Motorists were also warned to take extra care while driving through the Northeast after this morning’s freezing temperatures froze the rapidly melting snow, creating dangerous black ice on the streets.

Dozens of schools in New Jersey, where 14 inches of snow fell on Wednesday, remained closed for a third day today amid the icy weather and power outages.

Up to sixty vehicles were involved in a massive I-94 crash after Michigan was hit with heavy snowfall as the Midwest and Northeast struggles to recover from repeated snow storms 

Up to sixty vehicles were involved in a massive I-94 crash after Michigan was hit with heavy snowfall as the Midwest and Northeast struggles to recover from repeated snow storms

Photos reveal the damage sustained after car after car collided with each other during the pile up on Friday 

Photos reveal the damage sustained after car after car collided with each other during the pile up on Friday

A long line of cars, trucks and mobile homes lines up along one side of the interstate after the crash

A long line of cars, trucks and mobile homes lines up along one side of the interstate after the crash

Emergency personnel work the scene of a multi-vehicle pileup on Interstate 94 in southern Michigan, on Friday

Emergency personnel work the scene of a multi-vehicle pileup on Interstate 94 in southern Michigan, on Friday

The huge pile-up occurred around 10.30am on Friday after the interstate was engulfed in whiteout conditions

The huge pile-up occurred around 10.30am on Friday after the interstate was engulfed in whiteout conditions

An aerial view shows the back up of vehicles on the westbound highway, where snowy weather forced cars to swerve to avoid crashing into each other

An aerial view shows the back up of vehicles on the westbound highway, where snowy weather forced cars to swerve to avoid crashing into each other

The Nor’easter even caused rare instances of thundersnow in some areas – including New York City and Philadelphia. Experts say the unusual phenomenon is caused by shallow layers of rising, unstable air.

Thousands of flights across the region had been cancelled even before the snow started falling Wednesday due to the dire weather forecasts, while buses were suspended across New Jersey.

Power outages hit their peak on Wednesday when roughly 320,000 homes and businesses were left in the dark, in New Jersey,NJ.com reported. …..Read more:

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