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Winter Weather in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Winter Weather December 19, 2016 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Areas of ice and snow on roadways resulted in approximately 40 crashes on the freeway system. A pickup truck slid off the Hoan Bridge and landed on its roof after falling 40-50 feet. The one occupant was killed.

The wider storm

Areas of ice and snow on roadways from a prior winter storm caused dozens of accidents in the freeways in Milwaukee County. This included a pickup truck that slid of the Hoan Bridge resulting in a fatality. There were also two fatalities in Rock County when a head-on collision occurred on an icy highway.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 664996. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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