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All the more reason to drive slower in this unforgiving Weather. Don't forget to check the video for additional details.


MYERSVILLE, Md. – A pileup of 35 cars and five tractor-trailers on a snowy Maryland highway killed two people Monday and seriously injured at least a dozen, state police said.
Snow was at least partly to blame for the 12:30 p.m. crash on Interstate 70 near South Mountain in northwestern Maryland, said State Police spokeswoman Elena Russo. An inch-and-a-half of snow quickly fell around the same time as the pileup.
Twelve seriously injured people were taken to Washington County Hospital, Russo said.
Jessica Granek, 21, of Columbia, was driving west with three friends to go skiing at Whitetail as visibility was getting worse from the snow, which left a slushy mess on the ground.
"We started to see brake lights, and I saw a blue SUV turn hard and become perpendicular to the road," Granek said. "That made everyone put their brakes on and (they) started sliding. We were fortunate to veer off the right side of road."



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090119/ap_on_re_us/maryland_crash

Folks in Columbia drive too close for any conditions, myself included sometimes (not as bad as the locals, still no excuse but it only happens when I can't read an idiot short stopping for no externally apparent reason)