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Remembering the 1978 Blizzard - New England Historical Society

Snowdrifts trapped 3,000 cars and 500 trucks along eight miles of Rte. 128 alone. Fourteen people died of carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in their snowbound vehicles. In New England’s cities, the 1978 blizzard stranded thousands more cars that took days to dig out.

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"Snowdrifts trapped 3,000 cars and 500 trucks along eight miles of Rte. 128 alone. Fourteen people died of carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in their snowbound vehicles. In New England's cities, the 1978 blizzard stranded thousands more cars that took days to dig out."

Just imagine what the toll would have been if they had been electric cars...