Northeast Turns Frigid; 3 Die on Icy Midwest Roads

Temperatures dipped into the teens over most of the Northeast on Sunday, and ice on roads in the Midwest was blamed for at least three fatal traffic accidents.

Skies were mostly clear and temperatures were seasonable in the rest of the nation, the National Weather Service said.

In Missouri, police said, James Michael Smith, 19, was killed when his car hit a patch of ice and skidded into an oncoming truck in Audrain County, about 100 miles northwest of St. Louis.

In neighboring Pike County, Robert Engle, 42, suffered fatal injuries when the car in which he was riding slid into a culvert and turned over.

Ice on the highway was blamed for a one-car wreck early Sunday in east central Kansas that killed Marvin D. Neill, 23. Neill’s car veered into a ditch and flipped over at least three times, ejecting Neill and his passenger, police said. The passenger was slightly hurt.

St. Johnsbury, Vt., had the coldest temperature in the nation Sunday, 11 degrees below zero. It was 10 degrees in Hartford, Conn., 12 in Providence, R.I., and 19 in New York City.

Snow was scattered across the upper Great Lakes, while a travelers’ advisory for one to two inches of show was posted for northern Idaho.