Drivers in Virginia were stranded in their vehicles overnight as authorities worked to reopen an icy stretch of Interstate 95 closed after a storm blanketed the U.S. region in snow a day earlier, officials said on Tuesday.
I-95, a major north-south thoroughfare on the East Coast, was closed in both directions near Fredricksburg, about 55 miles south of Washington, the Virginia Department of Transportation said.
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia was among those stranded, spending the night on the highway when his car became trapped while he was on his way to nearby Washington, D.C. The highway was closed for 47 miles , from Carmel Church to Dumfries, a distance that normally takes less than one hour to drive.
State and local emergency personnel worked through the night to clear downed trees, assist disabled vehicles and reroute drivers, Governor Ralph Northam said on Tuesday.
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