Snowy conditions caused an 85-vehicle pileup in southern Wisconsin on Friday, leaving at least 21 people hospitalized for injuries, authorities say.
Most of southern Wisconsin remained under a winter weather advisory Friday afternoon with more snow expected Saturday.
The crash occurred at around 12:30 p.m. in Rock County between Janesville and Beloit, the State Patrol said in a statement posted on itsTroopers diverted traffic onto side roads. All lanes had reopened by 9:45 p.m., the State Patrol late Friday.posted live video of the scene just before 4 p.m. showing semitrailers backed up as emergency workers assisted motorists.
As of 6 a.m. Friday, the Beloit area had seen 2.2 inches of snow over the last 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service. The State Patrol said in a separate statement that another multi-vehicle crash around 1:30 p.m. Friday blocked northbound Interstate 41 in Kenosha County near the Wisconsin-Illinois border. Those lanes reopened by 7:35 p.m. Snow, ice and whiteout conditions factored into that crash as well, according to the State Patrol.
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