Friday, May 10, 2013

Ohio Over-and-Out: Slip Sliding Away on the Highway

"Girl dies in 86 vehicle crash in Ohio" Associated Press, January 22, 2013

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — A 12-year-old girl was killed Monday in a southwest Ohio highway pileup involving at least 86 vehicles, police said....

Parts of the state had snow showers, with heavier snowfall in some sections....

Separately, the State Highway Patrol said an estimated 50 vehicles collided on I-75, between Middletown and Monroe. Minor injuries were reported....

Forecasts called for snow accumulations Monday ranging from 6 to 10 inches in western Michigan and between 10 to 20 inches in areas from northeastern Ohio through the lakeshore areas of upstate New York.

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