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100 Car Pile-Up

100 Car Pile-Up - Severe winds and heavy snowfall have blanketed the Dakotas and Minnesota, causing a massive pileup on Interstate 94 and shutting down buildings and roads just before New Year's.

In North Dakota, Gov. Jack Dalrymple declared a statewide storm emergency Thursday, as the state Department of Transportation closed I-94 in both directions between Jamestown and Fargo after the accident.

Cass County Sheriff's Capt. Rick Majerus said nearly 100 vehicles were involved in the pileup near Fargo. He said some people were stranded in their vehicles for several hours before rescuers could get to them.

"Cars started having trouble traversing the road and ended up in a ditch, along with semi-trucks, tractor-trailers," Majerus said.

In addition, I-29 was closed between Grand Forks, North Dakota, and the South Dakota line.

100 Car Pile-Up

Across the Red River in Minnesota, state troopers responded to numerous accidents in which cars skidded off I-94, prompting the highway's closure from Moorhead to Alexandria. The Minnesota Highway Patrol reported two fatal accidents during Thursday's storm.

A second storm system was expected to move into the area Friday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service, and a blizzard warning was in effect for parts of North Dakota and Minnesota through Saturday morning.

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/winter/2010-12-31-fargo-wreck_N.htm

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