A heavy snow squall caused dozens of cars to pile up on Interstate 93 in New Hampshire on Friday morning. Flurries began to fly on I-93 north of Ashland, N.H., around 7 a.m., but within a half hour, what had started as light snow turned into white-out conditions as a heavy band set up that stretched over 50 miles across central New Hampshire.
The accident prompted the northbound side of I-93 to shut down.
@ericfisher We got a snow burst/squall that dumped 2.5" in 45m near Plymouth (Rumney) was like a wall (Reminded me of that BUF lake video).
— Cape Ann Weather (@CapeAnnWeather) January 2, 2015
Local media reports that by 9:30 a.m., the snow had caused a chain reaction on the interstate near exit 22. Photos shared on social media show flames and smoke from a car fire.
#Skyfox captures a shot of some of the cars involved in the Ashland, NH pileup on I-93 pic.twitter.com/VNDk3pjTU0
— FOX 25 News Boston (@fox25news) January 2, 2015
@WBINTV 93 North near Ashland. pic.twitter.com/BnRJXyezzj
— Hillary Susan (@hillarysusans) January 2, 2015
Heavy snow lasted through 10 a.m. in the area. No winter weather advisories are in effect for Friday’s snow, though at 10:39 a.m., the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine issued this special weather statement:
