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From: smwincva_wxman{at}webtv.net
Date: Sun Oct 17 2004 - 04:58:06 EDT
A cold front sweeping east thru the Mid Atlantic touched off scattered
thunderstorms. Here in nw VA, a brief t-shower with wind gusts to 40mph
in the area.
The same storms produced heavier rain toward Baltimore MD, along with
pea size hail that covered the ground in places.
The result was a series of crashes along I-95 just north of the city
that closed the freeway for several hours Saturday.
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News Coverage:
Baltimore Sun:
50 people injured in series of I-95 crashes
About 90 vehicles involved in storm-related accidents along stretch of
highway; All lanes closed for hours
By Michael Dresser, David Nitkin and Eric Siegel
Sun Staff
October 17, 2004
A fast-moving line of late-afternoon thunderstorms plowed into
Interstate 95 traffic north of Baltimore yesterday, causing 11 separate
accidents from White Marsh to Bel Air that sent about 50 people to
hospitals and caused widespread traffic disruption in the heavily
traveled corridor.
The storm system, which pelted parts of the region with pea-size hail,
apparently led to almost 90 vehicles - cars, trucks and at least one bus
- skidding into each other in a series of chain-reaction crashes along
an 11-mile stretch of I-95..
As of late last night, no fatalities had been reported. Maryland State
Police spokesman Maj. Greg Shipley said officers at the scene were
"amazed that no one was killed."
Shipley said the spate of accidents appears to have been the largest
mass vehicle crash in Maryland history. In May last year, 73 vehicles
were involved in a pile-up on Interstate 68 in Western Maryland that
killed two people.
Given the number of vehicles involved yesterday, the number of serious
injuries was surprisingly small.
Four patients were flown to Maryland Shock Trauma Center and at least 44
others were transported to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center,
Franklin Square Hospital and Bel Air's Upper Chesapeake Medical Center.
Full story for registered users:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-te.md.crash17oct17,0,7176710.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
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WBAL tv (also Real Video link)
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/3826839/detail.html
WMAR tv (also video from heliocopter)
http://www.abc2news.com/news/new-site/04-10-16-i95-accid.shtml
WJZ had ONLY this mention on it's Website early Sunday:
Major Accidents on I-95
Oct 16, 2004 7:58 pm US/Eastern
State Police have reopened the shoulder of Interstate 95 northbound at
7:20 p.m. The highway was completely shut down following at least eight
multiple car accidents around 4:30 p.m.
The accident scenes stretched from White Marsh Boulevard and I-95 all
the way to Raphel Road and I-95.
These accidents happened when when thunderstorms popped up over the
interstate and dumped heavy rain and hail on the roadway.
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Steve Minghini
Winchester (nw) VA
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