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Winter Weather February 14, 2014 · Stark, Illinois

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A snowplow driver was killed when he got out of his vehicle to assist a stranded motorist. A vehicle traveling down Route 17 about 3 miles from Toulon lost control on the slippery, snow-covered road and hit the snowplow driver. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.

The wider storm

A fast-moving storm system brought a period of light snow to central Illinois on February 14th. Total accumulations of 2 to 4 inches were observed across much of the area. As the snow began to fall, a snowplow driver was killed in a traffic accident near Toulon in Stark County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 499421. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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