Many cars were without a full tank of gas, and ended up running out.Įvanston attorney Craig Roeder says he got on Lake Shore Drive at 6 p.m. The city shut down Lake Shore Drive, for the first time since the Blizzard of 1999.īefore the city shut down the Drive, traffic had been crawling it took upwards of an hour to travel only a mile. Mayor’s chief of staff Raymond Orozco said first responders tried to get to stranded motorists as quickly as possible, but winds of 60 to 70 mph and snow falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour made that extremely difficult. and nearly seven hours later, she remained in the same spot, “We haven’t moved. Newsradio 780’s Lisa Fielding reports Sue Baker left her Hyde Park office around 5 p.m. Newsradio 780 was flooded with calls from stranded motorists who said they had been stuck on Lake Shore Drive for over seven hours and saw people abandoning their cars. Lake Shore Drive was closed at 7:58 p.m., and fire and police personnel worked to move as many cars as possible off the highway and remove people who could not get out on their own. The accidents caused cars and buses to back up, and as the snow piled up, vehicles became immobilized and off-ramps became impassable. Shortly afterward, there were two more accidents just south of North Avenue. There were three accidents between 7:15 and 7:45 p.m., one of them involving a CTA bus. Initially, Lake Shore Drive was moving smoothly as the evening rush began, but conditions began to deteriorate following several accidents. VIEW A SLIDESHOW OF LAKE SHORE DRIVE MESS READ MORE: City Snow Plow Truck Crashes Into Vehicle In The LoopĪs CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports, many motorists were just trying to get home, but the blizzard made that impossible. CHICAGO (CBS) - Lake Shore Drive was a disaster area overnight, as motorists found themselves stranded for up to 12 hours and ended up in the hospital.
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