HARTFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A crash shut down each instructions of I-94 close to Hartford Monday afternoon as lake-effect snow buffeted Southwest Michigan.
Michigan State Police reported the multivehicle crash close to mile marker 46 in a social media publish round 1:15 p.m. Fourteen passenger automobiles and three semi-trucks had been concerned and one individual was critically injured. There have been 15 different slide-offs not associated to that crash, MSP mentioned.
The scene of a crash on westbound I-94 close to Hartford on Dec. 2, 2024. (Courtesy Michigan State Police)
The scene of a crash on westbound I-94 close to Hartford on Dec. 2, 2024. (Courtesy Michigan State Police)
Heavy lake-effect alongside the lakeshore
Troopers say the crashes and slide-offs had been attributable to individuals driving too quick for situations together with heavy blowing snow that created whiteout situations. MSP referred to as on drivers to keep away from the freeway close to Hartford.
“Drive safely,” it wrote, “heavy snow (is) currently impacting travel.”
It’s not clear when the highway can be reopened.
A winter storm warning was issued for Van Buren, Ottawa, Allegan, Cass and Berrien counties till Tuesday morning, with the prospect that some locations from about Holland to Benton Harbor might see 6 to 12 inches of snow.
With plows and shovels, lakeshore manages lake-effect snow
