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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 17 december 2019
9 die in wintry crashes in

several Midwestern states

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — (27.9 centimeters) of snow. day collision between an
At least nine people have The Kansas Department of SUV and a pickup truck
died in weather-related Transportation said mul- that killed a woman and
crashes in several Midwest- tiple roads are partially or her adult son along a road
ern states amid a storm completely snow covered. east of Indianapolis fol-
that dumped nearly a foot A 21-year-old man died lowing a night of snow-
of snow in places, forced Sunday when a pickup fall, police said. Fifty-four-
schools to close and truck in which he was rid- year-old Amy Cox and her Washington University sophomore Jonah Goldberg uses a sled
snarled traffic, authorities ing overturned on an icy 24-year-old son, Isaac Cox, to keep the falling snow out of his face as he and his friends walk
said.The wintry weather Wichita road. of New Palestine, were back to their dorm after sledding at Art Hill in Forest Park, Mo.,
was part of a storm system Weather also is believed pronounced dead at the Monday, Dec. 16, 2019.
that hit parts of the Mid- to be a factor in a Mon- scene.q Associated Press
west and was expected
to extend into the North-
east through Tuesday, the
National Weather Service
said.
In Missouri, the storm
dumped 3 to 9 inches (7.6
to 22.9 centimeters) of
snow across of the state.
Much of Missouri was un-
der either a winter weather
advisory or winter storm
warning Monday.
The Missouri State Highway
Patrol said three people
were killed Sunday night
when a driver lost control
and overturned on U.S. 67
in St. Francois County in the
eastern part of the state. A
motorist who was stranded
after a previous crash and
two good Samaritans who
were trying to help were
struck.
And in mid-Missouri’s Cal-
laway County, an 18-year-
old was killed when his ve-
hicle went off the side of
Missouri 94 and overturned.
The patrol also said in a
tweet Sunday night that
it had responded to 525
calls from stranded motor-
ists and to nearly 560 other
traffic crashes. The Univer-
sity of Missouri was starting
classes late Monday be-
cause of the storm.
In Nebraska, a crash Sun-
day on Interstate 80 north-
east of Lincoln left three
passengers ages 10, 15
and 19 dead. The crash
happened when the driver
of an eastbound sport util-
ity vehicle lost control amid
slick conditions, struck an-
other eastbound vehicle
before veering into the
median, rolling and enter-
ing the westbound lanes.
The SUV was then hit by
a car and a pickup truck,
according to the Nebraska
State Patrol.
In Kansas, the storm
brought up to 11 inches