Pedestrians narrowly avoided being crushed by runaway cars on the frozen Seattle hills.
A "once-in-a-generation" storm across much of the United States intensified on Friday as blizzard conditions and hurricane-strength gales ground thousands of flights and cut power to about 1.5 million homes. was
Seattle is experiencing extreme cold conditions as an arctic blast hits the Pacific Northwest.
Video from Seattle's Belltown neighborhood shows the car sliding down a hill and hitting a person, but luckily it was pushed away rather than crushed as it rolled down the hill.
Pedestrians narrowly avoided being crushed by out-of-control vehicles on the frozen Seattle hills.It is one of a series of vehicular accidents that have often proved fatal as much of America is in storm conditions.
When a person appears to be on the pavement, the car suddenly begins to skid, just a few feet from the prone body.
The person will first try to get in the way of the car and try to stop the car before it hits them. You can deflect and escape as the car goes down the hill.
According to KOMO, first responders arrived at the scene and found an elderly couple with "very minor injuries" in their car.
They had to use ropes and stretchers to get the couple back up the hill to keep them from falling onto the ice.
Another video shot by a reporter near Seattle's Judkins Park shows the two men narrowly escaping after being hit by a Range Rover flying down a road completely out of control.Luckily, no one was hurt, and kilo.
More than 10,000 flights have also been delayed by the weather, which could mean chaos continues long after the storm has passed. Seattle-Tacoma Airport closed its runways indefinitely on Friday morning to remove ice from the surface.
Dangerous conditions in parts of several states, including Minnesota and Iowa, resulted in the suspension of all bus services near Seattle on Friday morning, and DoorDash suspended its delivery service.
First responders arrived at the scene and found an elderly couple in their vehicle with "very minor injuries".
Another video shot by a reporter near Seattle's Judkins Park shows the two men narrowly escaping after being hit by a Range Rover flying down a road completely out of control.
More than 10,000 flights have also been delayed by the weather, which could mean chaos continues long after the storm has passed.Seattle-Tacoma Airport closed its runways indefinitely Friday morning to clear surface ice.
Fortunately, despite the crash, no one was injured in the incident.
At least four people were killed in a reported 50-vehicle pileup in Ohio. The accident occurred Friday afternoon along Interstate 80 heading east between State Routes 53 and 4 in Sandusky County near the Groton Township and Erie County lines.
Jackknife's truck smashed the car and the vehicles skidded over each other as the chaos unfolded.A pickup truck can be seen high in the sky on the left
A single truck can be seen in the background of the photo, piled up and pushed into the air.A car and his SUV were crushed by a truck
The crash was reported at Turnpike 106 in Ohio on Friday amid snowstorm conditions.Buses took people from the scene to local facilities to stay warm
Drivers had been warned not to take the roads - even as the country reached its busiest time of the year for travel.
In Ohio, Governor Mike DeWine said four people were killed and several others injured "as a result of a weather-related car accident" after 50 cars collided along the Ohio Turnpike.
A state police spokesman said the first clashes occurred around 11:45 a.m. on Friday, with a large pile-up around 12:30 p.m.
They added: "This is going to go on for a while. Many troopers and first responders are working on this.
A brutal "bomb cyclone" is "rapidly gaining strength," threatening colder temperatures than Mars in some Midwestern states.
Garrett Fuller (left) helps his friend Robin Jacobs get up after slipping on the icy ground on Seattle's Capitol Hill on Friday.
Japanese maple leaves surrounded by ice in the backyard of a house in Brien, Washington
A deadly Arctic storm that struck just days before Christmas threatened the vacation plans of millions of Americans and sent alarm across the country.
Nearly two-thirds of the US is under winter weather warnings, with snow canceling thousands of flights ahead of the busiest weekend of the year. FlightAware's latest stats show he canceled 3,100 flights on Friday alone, after thousands more were grounded on Thursday.
Tens of millions of Americans are gearing up for the coldest Christmas to remember, with record lows expected in cities in Florida, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
At least 10 people have died this week in vehicle crashes officials said were likely linked to storms in Kentucky, Kansas, Ohio and Oklahoma. London, Ontario.
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport canceled 357 flights on Friday, representing 63% of departures. The FAA lifted the ground halt there due to snow and ice, but late Friday delays averaged nearly three hours.