LaPORTE, Ind. – Kate Ergang wasn't worried when two jackknifed semi-tractors trapped her and a friend on an Indiana highway in a blizzard. They had eaten dinner already and had blankets and pillows in the car. They talked, listened to their iPods and dozed off.
But the May college graduate had a few minutes of panic Monday morning when she woke and realized that nearly 12 hours later, they were still in the same spot.
More than 100 vehicles were stuck Monday on Indiana's snow-covered highways. Strong winds and blowing snow hampered snow plow drivers' efforts to free them, but most motorists had been rescued by early Monday afternoon, said Beth West, the assistant director of LaPorte County 911.
A few were still stuck in drifts Monday evening, with plows trying to reach them.
Up to 16 inches of snow fell in northwest Indiana, where 70 drivers got stuck in drifts on a section of Indiana 2 in the Valparaiso area. Ergang and her friend, Allison Frank, were among an unknown number trapped on U.S. Highway 30.
"It was a whiteout. It was like a tornado of snow," Ergang said. They eventually made it to the safety of a convenience store.
Provided By: The Associated Press
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