This handout photo taken and posted by Michigan state Senator Roger Victory on his X account, shows truck and cars piled up after a crash along the I-196 highway, near Zeeland in West Michigan, the US. Photo / Handout via AFP
This handout photo taken and posted by Michigan state Senator Roger Victory on his X account, shows truck and cars piled up after a crash along the I-196 highway, near Zeeland in West Michigan, the US. Photo / Handout via AFP
Law enforcement officials said today they were working to clear roads after a 100-vehicle crash occurred on snow-blanketed roads in the northern American state of Michigan.
Police said numerous injuries were reported in the crash, with none “believed to be fatal”.
That was after big rig trucks and vehiclescollided on the I-196 corridor, causing many vehicles to run off the road in “multiple slide offs”.
The incident included 30-40 semi-trucks, piled-up and blocking the typically busy interstate road, which remained closed hours later.
Officials urged motorists to slow down in “treacherous” conditions.
A winter storm is continuing to dump snow on the region and temperatures are expected to fall to -22C including wind chill.
The National Weather Service said “snow and blowing snow” with accumulations of up to 10cm were expected overnight.
That would bring the current storm total to as high as 35.5cm for portions of southwest and west central Michigan in the United States ‘rust belt’ region.
