![]() VDOT did not think the highway would need to be shut down until 4 a.m. Officials hoped that some sunshine Monday afternoon would help melt the snow. Workers were overwhelmed by a large number of stuck and abandoned vehicles, and 4 inches of ice on the roadway hindered crews. ![]() “We knew that it was going to be coming down around an inch to an inch-and-a-half an hour, which is excessive, but it came down even faster at times, and we got more snow than was anticipated.” “We did not anticipate the heaviness for the length of time,” Parker said. The region got heavy snow much faster than anticipated, Parker told reporters. ![]() Heavy snow was falling but salt trucks and plows could not get onto the highway to clear the snow. What happened next was “unacceptable,” Marcie Parker, a VDOT engineer, said. Snow, rain and sleet were falling early Monday and traffic was moving along on southbound I-95 - until several tractor-trailers jackknifed in Stafford at about 8:20 a.m. Timeline for Gridlock on I-95, and What Went Wrong “I’ve never seen anything like it,” Clementson said. She said many truck drivers prepare in case they get stranded.Ĭlementson said the conditions changed as soon as she and a co-driver got into Virginia. Truck driver Emily Clementson suggested people ask truck drivers if they have extra supplies, such as snacks or water bottles. I try not to tweet about daily inconveniences, but this experience has been insane.įor the last 7+ hours, I've been stuck in my car, not moving, in a total shutdown of I-95 northbound about 30 miles south of DC. The children spent the night inside an ambulance, under blankets on a gurney. Just take my kids, please,” she recalled saying. “Can you please just take my kids? You don’t need to take us. My daughter's cheeks were so cold.”įinally, a firefighter came to their window and Masaya shouted for help. “I just kept thinking, they’re gonna die in this cold,” she said Tuesday, nearly crying. Twelve hours later, they had barely moved, and the mother’s fear grew unbearable. Traffic came to a halt for them at about 9 a.m. Vania Masaya was trapped in the gridlock with her young children and out of gas. Senate, was among those trapped on the highway. Tim Kaine, who represents Virginia in the U.S. Some didn't have food or water, and children, pets and people with medical needs are among those stuck in the traffic nightmare. Many drivers ran out of gas in freezing temperatures. People who were trapped for hours on Interstate 95 in Stafford County after the snowstorm speak with News4's Drew Wilder.
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