Winter Storm in Little Colorado River Valley in Navajo County, Arizona

A powerful winter storm blanketed northern Arizona with heavy snow. Some of the highest elevations reported around 2 feet of snow. There were a number of trafic accidents with some fatalities. A DPS officer and 3 residents of the Navajo Reservatioin were killed on US Highway 89 in Page and two children were injured. A small car lost control and slid into an oncoming truck on Highway 180 just norh of Flagstaff. The driver of the car was killed. A the passenger in the car and the driver of the truck were injuured and transported to the hospital. A 16 vehicle pile-up on I-40 in Flagstaff resulted in the hospitalization of a mother and daughter. Firefighters spent more that an hour extricating the mother from her jeep that was crushed under a semi-trailer. Some of the snowfall totals included: Bellemont 14 inches, Flagstaff Airport 13 inches, Forest Lakes 10 inches, North Rim of the Grand Canyon 22 inches (South Rim 5), Heber 6 inches, Hart Prairie 24 inches, Kayenta 6 inches, Tuba City 6 inches, Happy Jack 13 inches, Doney Park 12 inches, Forest Lakes 10, Winona 8 inches, Munds Park 12 inches, Sedona 5 inches, Williams 8 inches, Winslow 7 inches, and Parks 7 inches