One person was killed in a vehicular crash in Maine Tuesday morning as a result of Winter Storm Bruce, State police said the unidentified person was killed near Liberty in a
crash that occurred around 9:30 a.m. local time. The crash involved two
trucks, a pickup truck and a box truck.
Meanwhile, nearly 3,000 flights were canceled during two of the
busiest travel days of the year as Winter Storm Bruce barrelled towards
New England, leaving thousands stranded.The storm pushed into New England early Tuesday, closing schools and businesses and bringing wet heavy snow that downed some trees and power lines. More than 71,000 customers tracked in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire were without power Tuesday morning, according to poweroutage.us.
Nationwide, more than 2,875 flights were canceled Sunday and Monday, according to FlightAware. More than 2,000 of the cancellations occurred at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, where more than eight inches fell. Chicago's Midway International and Kansas City International saw the greater portion of their cancelations Sunday but had lingering issues into Monday morning.
In Michigan, a 48-year-old woman was killed when she lost control of her car on M-66 made slick by ice Monday morning in Ionia County, Michigan State Police announced. The driver's car slid sideways into the path of a pickup truck. No one else was injured in the crash.
As of Tuesday morning, more than 47,000 tracked customers remained without power in Illinois, according to PowerOutage.us.
https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2018-11-25-winter-storm-bruce-impacts-travel
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