100-car pile-up in Michigan as snowy weather hits US
發佈日期: 2026-01-20 21:05
TVB News
In the US, more than 100 vehicles smashed into each other or slid off an interstate highway in Michigan, as heavy snow and blizzards hit various parts of the country.
A curtain of falling snow merges with a blanket of white on the ground.
The more than 100 vehicles scattered in various directions offers the only clue that this is a highway. Visibility is low.
The motorist who took this video said he could barely see cars in front of him while driving at 40 kilometres an hour.
He stopped his truck and pulled off to the side of the road to avoid being hit from behind.
Had he kept driving, he may have been among the victims of a massive pile-up along the interstate highway in Michigan, as snow fuelled by the Great Lakes blanketed the state.
The massive pileup prompted the Michigan State Police to close both directions of Interstate 196 just southwest of Grand Rapids while officials worked to remove all the vehicles, including more than 30 semitrailer trucks.
The State Police said there were numerous injuries, but no deaths had been reported.
The crash is just the latest impact of the major winter storm moving across the country.
The National Weather Service 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.
A day earlier, snow fell as far south as the Florida Panhandle. Weather forecasters warned that freezing temperatures are possible across much of north-central Florida and southeast Georgia.
The Ottawa County Sheriff's office in Michigan said multiple crashes and collapsed semis were reported along with numerous cars that slid off the road.
Stranded motorists were being bussed to Hudsonville High School, where they could call for help or arrange a ride. Officials expected the road to be closed for several hours.
One of the companies helping to remove the stranded cars, Grand Valley Towing, sent more than a dozen of its trucks to the scene of the chain-reaction crash.
Several towing companies responded in the brutally cold weather.
In Buffalo, road conditions are also hazardous with visibility low.
