More than one car crash a minute during Virginia snow storm

Virginia State Police responded to 1,095 crashes across the state between 4 p.m. Wednesday and 4 p.m. Thursday. That means Virginians averaged 1.31 car crashes a minute during that 24-hour time frame. That number does not include crashes handled by city or county police. During that same time period, state police emergency dispatch centers received 4,052 calls for service, or three calls a minute. Those calls include crashes and disabled vehicles. As of 4:30 p.m., 61 traffic crashes were being worked by troopers across the state.