WATCH: Rare Winter Storm Traps Hundreds Of Cars On California Mountain Road

By Logan DeLoye

February 27, 2023

Photo: Alameda County Fire Department Facebook

Hazardous Winter storm conditions that continue to plague the Golden State caused a 200-car pile-up along a mountain road in Northern California on Friday. The Alameda Fire Department arrived on scene to help dig out each car one by one. The department took to Twitter to share photos of the incident, and to detail the exact location.

"This morning at 5:30 AM, Engine 20 responded to Patterson Pass Road also known as “Top of the World” in Livermore assisting over 100 Cars that stopped on the roadway due to the weather conditions and snow." Firefighter Dave Jansen was there to help the civilians who were trapped in the pile-up. He told SF Gate that layers of ice and snow caused the cars to become stuck.

“Cars at the top of the grade got stalled out and backed up all the others that were on the grade. The road got iced over and snowed over, and they just got stuck.” SF Gate mentioned that this is not the first multi-car pile-up to take place as a result of the latest Winter storm. Other pile-ups occurred along the California/Nevada border on Tuesday, and along State Route 29 in Napa on Thursday night.

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