A small amount of snow caused a large number of traffic accidents in a Michigan county Friday — including a pile-up that involved as many a 50 vehicles, according to authorities, NBC News reported.
A portion of U.S. Highway 131 in western Michigan was shut down after slick conditions caused a chain-reaction crash, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Kent County Under-sheriff Michelle Young said that between 40 and 50 cars were scattered across the highway in the wake of the accident. The county's dispatch department had received about 1,000 calls about accidents throughout the day. No one was seriously injured.
