Freezing rain was listed as the reason for a 65-car pileup that sent dozens to a local hospital on Dec. 1 in northern and central Massachusetts, according to the Associated Press.
State Police confirmed the crash started at around 7 a.m., involved at least 65 vehicles, and three tractor-trailers. The incident closed I-290 in Worcester for almost five hours.
Approximately 35-40 people were taken to local hospitals, two of which were seriously injured.
"It was like if you went skating with your kids. It was that bad," Sergeant Stephen Marsh said to The Boston Globe.
A freezing rain advisory was issued by The National Weather Service through 11 a.m. on Dec. 1, for most of central and western Massachusetts, northwest Rhode Island, and northeast Connecticut.
Police also warned drivers going home from the Thanksgiving holiday to wait until highway crews had "treated the roads" according to AP.
Temperatures are expected to rise into the 40s, which should keep ice off of the roads, according to the NWS.
"It came up suddenly and quickly and the number of crews we had just wasn't enough," Michael Verseckes, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation, said to The Telegram & Gazette.
Verseckes said crews treated the road early Sunday morning, but conditions "deteriorated quickly" according to AP.
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