FAIRFAX, Va. (WUSA9) -- As temperatures drop Monday evening, roads and sidewalks are very slippery and treacherous.
Virginia state responded to more than 500 crashes, including a fatal one in Fauquier County where the driver of an SUV was killed when he crossed the centerline and hit a plow truck head-on. The victim was 63-year-old Steven Gibbs of Linden, Virginia.
Another wreck left cattle walking a highway. Cows were walking on Interstate 81 after a livestock carrier crashed through guard rails and overturned down an embankment.
"When I arrived on the scene there were cows walking in the middle of the highway," said Henry Shiley, the fire chief for the Middletown, Va. fire department.
The accident happened in the northbound lanes at the exit for I-66.
33 cattle were on board. Six were killed in the wreck and six others escaped, according to Virginia State Police.
Chief Shiley said a few wandered away up into some nearby woods. They still needed to go find them and bring them back. They ones they did catch they had to tranquilize to keep them from wandering away while they waited for a new livestock truck.
State police had a veterinarian come in to assess the health of the cattle on the truck. The driver of the truck that crashed was charged with reckless driving,
While the snow storm created slick and mushy roads, plows we're able to keep up as the snow let up.
Many businesses and shopping centers, which lost days during the blizzard, brought back plows and bobs cats to keep parking lots clear and open for customers.
If you have to go out Monday night, remember bridges and overpasses will freeze first.
State Police are also asking drivers to slow down, leave plenty of stopping distance between them and the vehicle in front of them. and remember to move over for all stopped emergency vehicles, highway vehicles and tow trucks.
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