At least 31 killed in snowstorm-related deaths
By The Associated Press, Associated Press
Jan 25, 2016 6:32 AM CST
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe gestures during a conference call with members of the Virginia General Assembly in the Emergency Operation Center in Richmond, Va., Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. Portions of Virginia are under a blizzard warning. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)   (Associated Press)

At least 31 people have died as a result of the mammoth snowstorm that pounded the eastern U.S. The deaths occurred in car accidents, from carbon monoxide poisoning, and from heart attacks while shoveling snow:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - 1

—An 82-year-old man who died after going into cardiac arrest while shoveling snow in front of his home.

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DELAWARE - 1

— A U.S. Capitol Police officer, 44-year-old Officer Vernon Alston, died of a heart attack after shoveling snow at his Magnolia home.

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KENTUCKY - 2

— Kentucky transportation worker Christopher Adams died Saturday while plowing snow-covered highways.

— Billy R. Stevens, 59, of Williamsburg, died in southeastern Kentucky when his car collided with a salt truck Thursday.

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MARYLAND - 2

— A 49-year-old man suffered cardiac arrest while shoveling in Abingdon on Saturday.

— Officials in Prince George's County said a man collapsed and died Saturday while shoveling snow in Fort Washington.

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NEW JERSEY - 2

— A 23-year-old New Jersey mom and her year-old son died of carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in a running car that had its tailpipe covered in snow, The Record reported, citing Passaic police. The woman's 3-year-old daughter was also hurt and was hospitalized in "very critical condition," police said.

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NEW YORK - 4

— Al Mansoor, 66, was struck and killed by a snow plow clearing his driveway just after 2 p.m. Sunday.

— Three people died while shoveling snow in New York City — one person on Staten Island and two people in Queens. Police announced the deaths but released no further details.

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NORTH CAROLINA - 6

— Six people have died in car accidents during the storm, authorities have said, including a 4-year-old boy who died Friday afternoon after the pickup truck carrying his family on Interstate 77 near Troutman spun out of control and crashed.

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OHIO - 1

— A teenager sledding behind an all-terrain vehicle was hit by a truck and killed Friday, the State Highway Patrol said.

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PENNSYLVANIA - 1

— Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say David Perrotto, 56, died of carbon monoxide poisoning, apparently after his car was buried in snow by a passing plow.

— Authorities say a man died while shoveling snow in central Pennsylvania.

— A Halifax man suffered a "cardiac event" Sunday while shoveling, Dauphin County coroner Graham Hetrick told WHTM-TV.

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SOUTH CAROLINA - 3

— Ruby Bell, 86, and her husband, 87-year-old Robert Bell, died in Greenville of probable carbon monoxide poisoning because of a generator filled the house with carbon monoxide.

— The South Carolina Highway Patrol says a 44-year-old man was killed after being struck by a vehicle that slid out of control after hitting a patch of ice.

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TENNESSEE - 2

— A car slid off the roadway due to speed and slick conditions, killing the driver and injuring a passenger, the Knox County sheriff's department said.

— A couple in a vehicle slid off an icy road and plummeted down a 300-foot embankment Wednesday night, killing the woman who was driving, said Carter County Sheriff Dexter Lunceford.

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VIRGINIA - 5

— A man was killed on Saturday in a single-vehicle crash in Virginia Beach that police blamed on speed and icy road conditions.

— Virginia Tech filmmaker Jerry Scheeler died Friday while shoveling snow outside his new house in Daleville.

— A single-vehicle crash in Chesapeake claimed one life.

— On Saturday, the state medical examiner's office confirmed deaths in Hampton and southwest Virginia from hypothermia.

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