The winter storm over the past few days made for a deadly Christmas weekend on Ohio roadways. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says that 13 people lost their lives in 7 fatal crashes statewide. Whiteout conditions led to four people being killed during this 46-car pileup on the Ohio turnpike near Sandusky on December 23rd. Four more people were killed on I-75 south of anna on Christmas Eve morning when a semi lost control and drove from the northbound lane into the southbound lake striking two cars. One of the fatal crashes was because of an impaired driver. Last year, there were 10 fatalities and half were because of impaired drivers. Troopers handled over 1,300 crashes statewide from Thursday morning until Monday morning.
