Snow wreaks havoc on U.S. 70 in Durham
YOUR WAY CLOSER TO ROXBORO.
>> AT LEAST HE IS MOVING IN
DRIVE FIVE.
SARAH IS SITTING NEAR A PARKING
LOT THAT USED TO BE HIGHWAY 70
IN DURHAM.
TELL US ABOUT THAT?
>> Reporter: IT IS DEFINITELY A
MESS OUT HERE, YOU CAN SEE, WE
ARE COMPLETELY PARKED IT AT THE
-- AT A STANDSTILL AND NOW
THERE ARE CARS COMING EVERY
WHICH WAY ON THE WRONG SIDE OF
THE ROAD HERE.
IT'S A TERRIBLE SITUATION OUT
HERE.
THERE WAS A CAR THAT WAS JUST
IN FRONT OF US THAT WAS STUCK
AND JUST GETTING BACK IN THE
CAR HE ACTUALLY STEPPED OUT TO
HELP PUSH THEM TO SAFETY.
SO THAT HAS BEEN CLEARED UP.
WE ARE AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE
SO HOPEFULLY THIS LINE WILL
BEGIN TO MOVE . BUT JUST IN
FRONT OF US ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF YOUR SCREEN YOU CAN SEE
THERE IS ANOTHER CAR THAT HAS
THE SAME FATE ADENO RICHARD MAY
HAVE TO POP OUT AGAIN FROM THE
CAR TRY TO HELP THESE PEOPLE
PUSH THEM TO SAFETY.
IF THAT IS EVEN POSSIBLE.
THIS LOOKS ROUGH OUT HERE.
IT IS COMPLETELY COVERED IN
WHITE.
YOU DO SEE SAND HERE THINKING A
PLOW MAY HAVE COME THROUGH YOUR
LEAVING SAND BEHIND IT.
CLEARLY IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO HELP
THESE DRIVERS FROM WHAT THEY
ARE EXPERIENCING.
NEEDLESS TO SAY IF THIS PICTURE
DOESN'T SAY AT ALL.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO COME DOWN
70 I WOULD RECOMMEND AVOIDING
THIS.
THERE GOES RICHARD TRYING TO
HELP SOME MORE PEOPLE.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT EVERYWHERE WE
HAVE BEEN TODAY . SO MANY GOOD
SAMARITANS WHO HAVE BEEN
STOPPING AND HELPING STRANGERS.
EARLIER THIS MORNING WE WERE ON
NORTH DUKE STREET WHERE MORE
THAN A DOZEN CARS WERE STRANDED
AND THERE WERE TWO PICKUP
TRUCKS OUT THERE AND AT FIRST
THEY KNOW THE DRIVERS WHO ARE
STUCK THEY WERE HELPING THEM
TOWING THEM OUT BUT IT TURNS
OUT THOSE TWO MEN WERE JUST
BOTH GOOD SAMARITANS WHO HAVE
PICKUP TRUCKS AND THEY WERE
JUST OUT LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO
HELP.
WHICH IS A WONDERFUL THING TO
SEE, AMAZING TO SEE WHAT THEY
WERE ABLE TO DO.
WE WATCH THEM FREE MANY
STRANDED DRIVERS AS WE WERE OUT
THERE ON NORTH DUKE STREET.
AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THIS
HONDA IN FRONT OF US IS MAKING
SOME PROGRESS.
BUT THIS IS A ROUGH SITUATION
OUT HERE, JEFF.
>> EARLIER TODAY YOU SAW ONE OF
THE MOST MEMORABLE SCENES THAT
WE HAVE SEEN ALL MORNING.
IT WAS AT NORTH DUKE STREET, A
SNOW ANGEL IF YOU WILL.
A GUY WITH A SHOVEL HELPING
PEOPLE DIG THEIR WAY OUT AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT IS THE SLIGHTEST INCLINE
WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW IT IS
NOT A STEEP HILL BUT THESE
FOLKS JUST CAN'T MAKE IT UP.
BACK IT IS SURPRISING,
OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HAVE
LIKELY NOT VENTURED OUT IF THEY
THOUGHT IT WAS A TROUBLE SPOT
AND YOU WOULD THINK A MAJOR ROAD
WOULD BE ONE OF THE BEST PLACES
TO GO BUT CLEARLY THAT HAS NOT
BEEN THE CASE.
THOSE THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO
OUT DRIVING IN THIS, ONE WORKS
FOR A HOSPITAL, ONE WORKS FOR
THE POST OFFICE.
SO IT IS CERTAINLY TRUE THERE
ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE AN
OPTION THEY NEED TO MAKE IT
OUTSIDE.
IT HAS JUST BEEN SO TOUGH.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EVER DID
MAKE IT TO WORK IF THEY DID
THEY WERE LATE.
MAYBE STILL STUCK SOMEWHERE.
BAD SITUATION.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE
LINING UP FOR RICHARD.
>> IF ANYBODY THAT CAN HELP --
HANDLE IT IT IS RICHARD IF
NOTHING HE IS ALWAYS PREPARED
FOR ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING .