Wintry weather leads to 55-car crash in Baltimore
Two people were killed and 15 more injured early Saturday morning in a 55-vehicle pile-up on Interstate 95 near Baltimore, Maryland, in which a tanker carrying a load of gasoline fell off an overpass and exploded. The crash was the largest of about a dozen car accidents in the area, likely caused by slippery road conditions created by freezing rain.
The treacherous precipitation is part of a major winter storm system spanning much of the continental United States this weekend. Many parts of the Midwest and Northeast are experiencing extreme cold — some places are colder than the surface of Mars! — and heavy snow and wind.
Watch a local news report about the 55-car accident, including some cell phone footage of the tanker crash, below.
#UPDATE: @WJZDevin has an update on the tanker crash on I-95. pic.twitter.com/vgzCjWvLH8
— WJZ | CBS Baltimore (@cbsbaltimore) December 17, 2016