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From 75 mph to whiteout: 35 vehicles crash in snow in N.H.

Associated Press

ASHLAND, N.H. – At least 35 vehicles were involved in two pileups on Interstate 93 after some fast-moving snow squalls caused whiteout conditions Friday.

Lt. Jerry Maslan, a state police spokesman, said there were some injuries, but they weren’t considered to be life-threatening.

Manchester District Fire Chief Al Poulin, who drove through the squall, told WMUR-TV that there were many vehicles on the road driving in excess of the 75 mph speed limit, including some apparently heading to ski resorts for the weekend.

Conditions were clear and then suddenly, “we slowed right down to nothing,” he said. “We couldn’t even see where we were going, that’s how much of a whiteout condition existed at the time.”