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31-car pileup near Mackinac Bridge

Winds gusting to almost 100 kilometres an hour closed the Mackinac Bridge for several hours yesterday. A 31-car pileup occurred in whiteout conditions just north of the bridge on Interstate 75, Associated Press reports.
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Winds gusting to almost 100 kilometres an hour closed the Mackinac Bridge for several hours yesterday.

A 31-car pileup occurred in whiteout conditions just north of the bridge on Interstate 75, Associated Press reports.

The bridge re-opened at 3:30 p.m. yesterday.

Our photo shows a webcam view of the bridge from St. Ignace at 10:20 a.m. this morning.

State police reported that 19 cars piled up around 1 p.m. on the southbound I-75 in St. Ignace, just north of the bridge.

A dozen other cars crashed nearby a few minutes later.

No life-threatening injuries were reported, but several people were taken to hospital.

Also yesterday, winds and heavy snow caused the closure of a 30-mile stretch of Michigan Highway 28 northwest of the bridge.

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