Multi-vehicle pileups create I-90 havoc

GEIGER — Various records on the West Plains are seemingly being broken on a regular basis these days as commercial and residential growth expands.

On Tuesday, Nov. 26, a different kind of record was broken when atmospheric conditions resulted in a perfect commuter storm that caused chain reaction collisions across the area.

While roadway surface temperature remained above freezing, snow began to fall around 2 p.m. on Interstate 90 around the Geiger Interchange. The snow melted.

Then temperatures dipped below the freezing point and the melted snow quickly turned to ice even as more snow fell, a...