Event narrative (NOAA)
The Amarillo (Potter County) Police reported 17 traffic accidents between the hours of 4 to 8 AM CST on city roads with the majority of them on overpasses. At the Ross-Mirror Connector an initial two car accident resulted in multiple other accidents when motorists were unable to brake in time due to icy roadway conditions. At the Hughes-Adams Connector, a vehicle traveling northbound hit a patch of ice and swerved into the southbound lanes. The vehicle collided with an empty southbound Durham school bus which resulted in minor injuries to the passenger in the northbound vehicle. While first responders were working this accident, another northbound vehicle was unable to stop due to the icy conditions, and struck an Amarillo Fire Department truck which was blocking traffic from the initial a
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.