A 20-year-old man has died after his snowmobile collided with a downed power line in rural Pennsylvania after a severe winter storm wreaked havoc in the Northeast.
The rider, who has not been publicly identified, was fatally injured Tuesday morning after crashing into a utility pole in York County amid “dangerous” travel conditions, Newberry Township police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
More than a foot of snow fell across parts of the Northeast on Tuesday after the fast-moving Nor’easter storm passed by.
New England and New York City, which experienced the worst snowstorm in two years, were hit by winds of up to 60 miles per hour when the storm arrived, knocking out power to many households. More than 40,000 people are still without power on Wednesday morning.
The storm is also impacting travel, delaying or canceling dozens of flights within, to or from the United States on Wednesday, according to FlightAware.com.
A 20-year-old man who crashed his snowmobile into a downed utility line in Newberry Township, Pennsylvania, around 8 a.m. Tuesday, died.
More than a foot of snow fell across parts of the Northeast on Tuesday as the fast-moving Nor’Easter storm blew through
A person clears a sidewalk during a winter snowstorm in Philadelphia on Tuesday
An 11-year-old boy gets some airtime Tuesday while sledding down a hill in North Attleborough, Massachusetts
The snowmobile rider was killed around 8 a.m. Tuesday in Newberry Township when he crashed with a downed guide wire.
Police say he was driving north on York Road when he struck the pole. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the York County Coroner’s Office.
At the time of the crash, central Pennsylvania was experiencing several weather conditions due to the Nor’easter, which police said caused downed trees, downed power lines and dangerous travel conditions.
The Pennsylvania State Police Department told DailyMail.com on Tuesday that troopers had responded to more than 1,200 crashes and stalled or disabled vehicles due to the storm.
New Jersey State Police have responded to more than 440 vehicle wrecks since 4 p.m. Monday and more than 440 calls for services, including flat tires, mechanical breakdowns and spinouts, NBC News reported.
New York City experienced its heaviest snowstorm in two years on Tuesday. A yellow taxi, bus and other vehicles drive along Sixth Avenue as snow falls Tuesday
A man walks along a snow-covered road during a snowfall in Hudson County, New Jersey, on Tuesday
People take photos in Central Park after heavy snowfall in New York City. Central Park had accumulated 3 inches of snow as of 1 p.m. Tuesday, the most in two years
A car drives by as waves crash over the seawall in Marshfield, Massachusetts, on Tuesday
A man takes photos of the storm in Tappan, New York, on Tuesday as the area is flooded with snow
A woman walks with an umbrella amid heavy snow in Providence, Rhode Island
People walk through the Mall on Tuesday as snow falls in Central Park, New York City
By midday, the storm had left several regions in New England, including Farmington, Connecticut, and Sussex, New Jersey, with more than 18 inches of snow, the National Weather Service recorded.
A fleet of 1,500 large snow plow trucks was sent to New York City on Tuesday to help salt and clear the roads.
In New York City’s Central Park, 3 inches of snow had fallen by 1 p.m., the most in two years.
John F. Kennedy International Airport had 4 inches (10.2 cm) of snow by early afternoon and 3.5 inches (9.3 cm) of snow had fallen at La Guardia Airport.
More than 1,000 flights were delayed Tuesday from airports in New York and Boston, impacting travelers across the country.
As of Wednesday morning, 156 flights in, to or from the US were delayed and 17 were canceled.
Brown University students put the finishing touches on a snowman Tuesday at India Point Park in Providence, Rhode Island
People sled down a hill in Central Park on Tuesday after heavy snowfall in New York City
A pedestrian walks along the road amid heavy Tuesday snowfall in Attleboro, Massachusetts
A child poses with a snowman after a winter storm in New York City’s Nor’easter
A passerby rides a bicycle on a snow-covered sidewalk in Providence, Rhode Island, on Tuesday
In addition to creating messy commutes, power lines and trees were downed, causing power outages across the Northeast.
More than 105,000 homes were without power in Pennsylvania on Tuesday as heavy winds and snow swept across the East Coast, data from PowerOutage.us shows.
According to the utility’s data collection source, more than 18,000 outages were recorded in Massachusetts and more than 7,000 in New Jersey.
As of Wednesday morning, more than 46,000 Pennsylvanians were still without power. New York and New Jersey recorded 933 and 318 outages respectively.