Snowstorm Traps Drivers, Including CBS4’s Jim DeFede, For Hours On I-95 In Virginia

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VIRGINIA (CBSMiami) – Drivers, including CBS4’s Jim DeFede, person been stranded for hours connected I-95 successful eastbound Virginia due to a terrible wintertime tempest which has sent authorities scrambling to wide a path.

DeFede, who near New York connected Monday astatine 10:00 a.m., has been stuck successful postulation for much than 24 hours.

He’s been successful the aforesaid spot successful Virginia, conscionable southbound of Quantico, for 18 hours.

His and different vehicles are stuck connected portions of a 50-mile agelong of I-95 successful the Fredericksburg area, betwixt Richmond and Washington, DC, partly because of disabled trucks blocking the mode successful snowy and icy conditions, the Virginia Department of Transportation said.

DeFede has been capable to support his car moving connected and disconnected for vigor arsenic temperatures successful the country dipped into the teens overnight.

“This is simply a implicit parking lot,” said DeFede. “I-95 and the roadworthy is conscionable thing but ice.”

Authorities closed a 50-mile agelong — betwixt exit 104 adjacent Ruther Glen and exit 152 adjacent Dumfries — truthful workers could region stopped trucks and dainty the roadworthy for snowfall and icing, VDOT said.

In the jammed stretches, workers are trying to usher motorists to adjacent interchanges, VDOT said.

In DeFede’s case, helium hasn’t seen immoderate help.

“Now, I don’t cognize who’s successful charge, but idiosyncratic amended bash thing due to the fact that determination are cars and families conscionable trapped present this full time. I haven’t seen a authorities trooper successful astatine slightest 12 hours. That’s the past clip I saw a trooper. I haven’t seen a tow motortruck successful astatine slightest 14 hours. There is thing moving connected Interstate 95. It is simply a parking lot.”

“This is unprecedented, and we proceed to steadily determination stopped trucks to marque advancement toward restoring lanes,” VDOT Fredericksburg technologist Marcie Parker said.

Meantime, adjacent DeFede’s vehicle, a Good Samaritan, and his woman were stuck down a Schmidt Baking truck. The woman contacted the institution and the proprietor got successful interaction with the motortruck operator and told him to unfastened it up and commencement handing retired nutrient to folks who were stuck successful their cars.

As of 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, DeFede says determination is yet immoderate question but unluckily for drivers heading southbound, similar Jim, they are trying to reroute drivers successful a northbound direction.

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