4 Killed in Traffic Collisions as Freeze Ices the Northeast
A sudden burst of snow and freezing rain swept across wide swaths of the Northeast on Tuesday, glazing roads and bridges and causing hundreds of traffic accidents. Four people were killed in collisions.
Accumulations were light in most places, but the blowing snow created blizzard-like conditions that cut visibility and made pavement slippery across parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire.
Two traffic deaths were reported in New York and one each in Connecticut and New Jersey.
Several major Connecticut highways were closed, and traffic was snarled on nearly every major highway in Massachusetts. Some New Jersey highways were slicked with a mixture of snow and icy rain.
Traffic backups 20 miles long clogged major arteries around Trenton. Accidents closed Pennsylvania highways.
School districts were closed west of Syracuse, N.Y.
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