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Snowy Conditions Causing Accidents ANN ARBOR, MI (Michigan Radio) - The front edge of what's forecast as a major snowstorm has pushed into southern Michigan, contributing to a multi-vehicle crash that killed a woman and temporarily closed part of Interstate 94. State police say the crash happened about 9 a.m. Tuesday on eastbound I-94 in Washtenaw County's Ypsilanti Township. It killed a 35-year-old Detroit woman. Road crews are preparing for what the National Weather Service says could be up to 10 inches of new snow through Wednesday. Spokeswoman Jessica Mistak says Wayne County's 124 trucks are loaded with salt. AAA Michigan spokeswoman Nancy Cain says it received 950 road service calls trouble calls through midday Tuesday and expects a heavy call volume through Wednesday.

"People need to slow down that's the bottom line," says Nick Schrippa, an MDOT spokesman, "When you're driving on dry pavement, even on wet pavement...You have an idea what conditions are. Once snow starts falling on the road, you really have no idea what's underneath that layer of snow."

Parts of southern Michigan are expected to get up to a foot of snow from the storm.


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