Ohio Turnpike crash kills 4 during whiteout conditions - Akron Beacon Journal

The eastbound Ohio Turnpike adjacent Sandusky reopened Saturday evening, much than 24 hours aft a 46-vehicle pileup killed 4 people and injured galore others Friday afternoon.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol reported whiteout conditions astatine the clip of the clang astir 1 p.m. Friday. At slightest 46 vehicles were involved.

At 5:15 p.m. Saturday, the patrol posted connected societal media that postulation was nary longer being diverted and each lanes were open.

"We’re conscionable blessed to beryllium here, honestly," traveler Robert Clark told News 5 Cleveland. "We had seconds to get retired of the car."

The mates had been traveling from Detroit, not expecting their time would extremity similar this. 

"It’s a lot. It was a lot," said Keijuana Reese. 

Jerry N. Hruby, president of the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission, expressed his condolences successful a connection Saturday evening: “Our deepest sympathy goes to those affected by this tragic event, particularly the families of those who mislaid their lives. You are successful our prayers.”

At 9 p.m. Friday, the patrol was inactive moving to wide 15 commercialized vehicles from the freeway and said white-out conditions were persisting. The westbound lanes opened astatine 11:15 p.m. The blowing snowfall diminished Saturday, but frigid temperatures continued.

“There are hundreds of unnamed individuals — unit from the Ohio Turnpike, Ohio State Highway Patrol, each section information agencies, and emergency/medical unit arsenic good arsenic civilian enactment — who we are truthful precise arrogant of and admit you and admit your value during the rescue efforts,” Hruby said.