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TREACHEROUS ROUND ONE.
ANG OVERTURNED TRACTOR-TRAILER.
THE WHEELS ARE IN THE AIR AND
GUARDRAIL IS DEMOLISHED.
>> THEY ARE PUTTING A WINCH ON
IT RIGHT NOW.
THE DRIVER IS OKAY.
HE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES TO
HIS HAND AND TOLD ME THAT THE
SNOW AND ICE HERE, THE SLUSH
UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK JUST LOST
HIS STEERING.
THE STEERING GOT AWAY FROM HIM
AND HE SLID DOWN A DITCH.
MOST LANES ARE CLOSED ON A
HIGHWAY USUALLY PACKED WITH
COMMUTERS IN THE NATION'S
CAPITAL AND JUST A FEW MINUTES
DOWN THE HIGHWAY WE SEE ANOTHER
ONE.
THE TRUCK HAVE SPRAWLED ACROSS
THE HIGHWAY ON ITS SIDE.
THE FRONT IS SPLIT OPEN AND THE
DRIVER, WE'RE TOLD, HAD MINOR
INJURIES.
AS SOMEONE WHO JUST SLID OFF THE
ROAD HERE ON I-95 SOUTH, JUST
SOUTH OF D.C., PROBABLY 15 MILES
OF D.C.
SIR --
>> YEAH?
>> WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
>> I GOT IN THIS SPOT RIGHT HERE
AND I CAN'T CONTROL THE CAR.
IT'S COMING ALL THE WAY OVER
HERE.
SCARED, MAN, WHEN YOU CAN'T
CONTROL THE CAR, YOU CAN'T DO
NOTHING.
THERE'S TOO MUCH SNOW.
IT'S DANGER.
>> Reporter: WE HOOKED UP A TOW
LINE FROM HIS CAR TO OUR SUV AND
PULLED HIM AROUND AND OUT OF THE
SNOW.
THREE DRIVERS, THREE EXAMPLES OF
HOW TREACHEROUS THE CONDITIONS
ARE WITH THICK SNOW FALLING ALL
MORNING AND HARD PACK ON THE
ROADS.
AND THESE AREN'T THE ONLY ONES.
WE SEE PLOWS AND SPREADERS AT
WORK BUT IT'S A LOT TO KEEP UP
WITH.
ONE THING WE DIDN'T SEE, MONSTER
TRAFFIC JAMS LIKE THE ONES IN
ATLANTA TWO WEEKS AGO AND IN
NORTH CAROLINA ON WEDNESDAY.
ONE REASON, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE REPORTING FOR WORK IN THE
NATION'S CAPITAL AND NOT A LOT
OF PEOPLE OUT ON THE HIGHWAYS.
ANOTHER REASON?
WARMER TEMPERATURES.
AND SPREADERS AND SNOWPLOWS.
DOWNTOWN PHILADELPHIA, JERRY IS
EXHAUSTED.
HE SPENT ALL DAY PLOWING.
>> BEEN GOING AT IT SINCE 2:00