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>> the car started fish tailing and once it started fish tailing, i spun around and next thing you know, i'm in this big ditch. >> brian, you've been in maryland and d.c. i understand a huge number of accidents in virginia, as well. >> reporter: that's right, john. state police telling us they have responded to reports of about 1100 accidents. two fatalities in virginia, just between last night and late this afternoon. now we're seeing kind of a worsening of conditions because the temperatures are dropping, the roads like this street on capital hill, full of slush. now the temperatures are dro...

They watched the sun rise. >> a major american city paralyzed. >> it took us 14 hours to get here and wednesdayed up sleeping in the shell station in our car. >> when it's going to be wet and cold, get the salt trucks on the road. >> i was absolutely traumatized because my car kept fish tailing and i couldn't get traction. >> atlanta, still working to dig out of its harshest winter storm in years. cars abandoned on roads, drivers stranded in ice. children left to spend the night in their schools because the roads were too dangerous for buses and panicked parents. 90 students and some 20 staffe...

That could cause icing problems as we go into tomorrow. north of the city, they are expecting a lot more snow. so that could make things tough as you go north and west of the city, but for now, kind of making it pretty out here, giving it a little bit of that holiday vibe. >> okay. and no slipping and sliding on the roads? you haven't seen any, you know, kind of fish tailing or anything from the taxis or cars? >> well, times square you're not moving too quickly through here, alex. >> that's true. >> we haven't seen anyone get up up enough speed to slip around. i'm sure on outer lying roads thi...

Away physically unscathed but mentally it's hard. listen as one describes the final seconds before impact. >> we seemed to be flying in way too low. the last couple seconds before it happened the engines revved into high gear. like the captain is say nothing, no we have to get out of here. then boom the back end lifted up and the jolted everybody in their seats. for a second we thought we were pulling it off. but the back end went up and came back down and we started fish tailing and you can see from the video, tilted over, came down on its side. seat belt unbubbled. and people jumped out of t...

>> get to the side! >> reporter: the pickup truck hits a patch of ice and slams into captain krom, knocking him to the ground. it's part of an 11-car pileup. ray terpin was one of the drivers involved. >> tried to slow down. hit a patch of ice, and that was it. it started fish tailing around to the left-hand side, went back to the right, and i hit the guard rail. >> reporter: ray's car now totaled. both ends smashed up. he considers himself lucky especially after watching the dash-cam video of what happened right before he wrecked. captain krom flying 30 feet into the air, knocked around like ...