Winter Weather in Russell, Kansas
Winter Weather December 8, 2007 – December 9, 2007 · Russell, Kansas
What the National Weather Service wrote
Freezing drizzle caused Interstate 70 in Russell county to become very slick. This caused a westbound driving pickup to lose control, cross the median, and collided head on with an eastbound Kenworth tractor-trailer. The vehicles crashed through KDOT barrier before coming to rest on old Highway 40 which runs parallel to I-70. The accident occurred near mile marker 197 roughly 2 miles west of Dorrance at around 7:30 AM December 8th. The driver of the pickup was killed instantly. The Russell County News contributed to this report.
The wider storm
An arctic high pressure moved into the Midwest resulting in pockets of freezing drizzle across Central Kansas. There was not a lot of accumulation of ice but roads become hazardous enough to cause one fatality accident.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 71141. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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