MILLTOWN — A winter storm that coated southern Indiana with snow and sleet was blamed for one death Tuesday, while five people escaped injury when their home’s roof collapsed under the weight of snow and sleet.
A car slid out of control on snow-covered Indiana 64 about 30 miles west of Louisville, Ky., and collided with another car, killing a Marengo woman.
Indiana State Police said 36-year-old Suzanne M. Mosson lost control of her car, which spun into the path of another car driven by a Milltown man and was struck in the passenger side. Mosson was pronounced dead at the scene. The other driver wasn’t injured. Both drivers were wearing their seatbelts, police said.
Ind. 64 was closed for about two hours while police investigated the crash.
In Evansville, fire officials said the roof of a home collapsed from the weight of snow and sleet.
The residents were on the first floor when the roof collapsed onto the second floor about 12:30 p.m. No one was injured.
Kevin Cooper said he led his mother-in-law and three children outside when he heard cracking noises from upstairs and realized what was happening.
“It sounded like some animals in the attic, which isn’t unusual to hear that,” Cooper said. “Then I started hearing the cracking.”
Evansville Fire Department officials said the structure had been weakened by previous upstairs renovations and gave way beneath snow and sleet from Tuesday’s winter storm. Cooper said his family hadn’t used the upstairs since moving in about a year ago.
The Red Cross was arranging shelter for the family.
The winter storm triggered numerous school closings as far north as Indianapolis, where the afternoon rush hour slowed to a crawl on the slickened streets and interstates.
The National Weather Service forecast total accumulations of 6 to 8 inches of sleet, freezing rain and snow in southern Indiana by the time precipitation was expected to stop Wednesday.
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