Sadly yesterday there was a 29 vehicle chain accident yesterday near Oklahoma City, including at least 4 semi-trucks one of them a cattle hauler, and 3 SUVs. One woman lost her life. It was conditions of freezing drizzle and freezing fog. The bull truck went completely sideways. It was not clear if the original seven-vehicle accident triggered the rest or was just part of it. Freezing fog can flash freeze from one minute to the next and the road be becomes a sheet of ice. They did note all the cattle seemed to have lived.
On Sunday here in New Hampshire just during the first half hour of snow I witnessed three serious accidents including a single car Jeep Cherokee totaled on F.E. Everett Turnpike with the front of the vehicle completely torn off. I was driving the Corolla with my wife in it and saw two more wrecks on city streets. Was literally making a milk run and saw three wrecks. Another one was a GMC Denali went sideways into a utility pole. I am not a body shop man but I would guess, totalled. It was whiteout conditions for 30 minutes. These were 3 totals witnessed in 15 minutes. The freak thing is the whole thing only dropped maybe four inches of snow and I was just making a milk run. I was following four snow plow trucks off the hghway actually took a left turn instead of a right at the exit ramp where I have been driving there 20 years and drove two miles on city streets before I realized my mistake. Been driving there for 20 years and got disoriented on streets I know like the back of my hand. You could barely see the car in front of you.
At Least 5 Injured In 29-Vehicle Crash Near Downtown OKC
Twenty-nine vehicles are involved in a crash on Oklahoma City Boulevard, firefighters said.
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On Sunday here in New Hampshire just during the first half hour of snow I witnessed three serious accidents including a single car Jeep Cherokee totaled on F.E. Everett Turnpike with the front of the vehicle completely torn off. I was driving the Corolla with my wife in it and saw two more wrecks on city streets. Was literally making a milk run and saw three wrecks. Another one was a GMC Denali went sideways into a utility pole. I am not a body shop man but I would guess, totalled. It was whiteout conditions for 30 minutes. These were 3 totals witnessed in 15 minutes. The freak thing is the whole thing only dropped maybe four inches of snow and I was just making a milk run. I was following four snow plow trucks off the hghway actually took a left turn instead of a right at the exit ramp where I have been driving there 20 years and drove two miles on city streets before I realized my mistake. Been driving there for 20 years and got disoriented on streets I know like the back of my hand. You could barely see the car in front of you.