I was driving from Miami to Philadelphia in December, 1990. Left Florida in 80 degree temperatures, drove all night, reached Baltimore just around daybreak. Looked ahead on I-95 to see nothing but brake lights and stand-still traffic. With good fortune, the exit to I-895 was just in front of us, we’d take the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel and bypass the accident and be home in time for breakfast!
What we didn’t know was that it was ice that had caused the accident on 95, and as we came around a curve on the on-ramp (a giant bridge), there was ice on 895, too. In front of us were two cars, spinn