East Gets Its First Significant Snow; Six Die in Traffic
Snow pushed by icy winds put the East Coast into a deep freeze Friday, snarling rush-hour traffic and giving thousands of schoolchildren the day off, while snow mixed with rain glazed highways from New Mexico to Nebraska.
At least six traffic deaths were blamed on icy roadways, and police reported dozens of fender-benders as cars slid on snowy roads.
The Eastern storm was the first significant snowfall of the winter for many areas. As it swept northward, it deposited 5 inches in Trenton, N.J., 3 inches in New York City and 5 inches in New York’s northern suburbs.
Snow spread from Maryland to southern New England and westward to the eastern Great Lakes, with flurries continuing as far away as Illinois and Indiana.
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