Event narrative (NOAA)
A robust snow shower moved over northeast Summit County, Ohio just before 3 PM on March 5th, resulting in quickly deteriorating visibilities and a quick half inch to inch of snowfall in the Hudson, Stow, and Boston Heights areas. This snow shower moved over State Route 8 and the poor winter weather conditions allowed for a large multi-vehicle accident to develop on the northbound lanes of the freeway between mile markers 12.6 and 11.4. Over 100 vehicles were involved in the incident with 90 vehicles that were towed off the freeway that afternoon. 29 people were reported injured during this event with 3 considered seriously injured. State Route 8 northbound was closed for two and a half hours during the evening rush hour.
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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.