One person is killed and 12 others are injured after 75 vehicle pileup caused by Buffalo snowstorm

One person has died in a 75 vehicle pileup that shut down a section of a New York highway on Tuesday as chilling temperatures hit much of the Northeast in the New Year.

Additionally, one person is was listed as seriously injured and another 11 have been transported to hospitals in the Buffalo area after the pileup on the New York State Thruway from Depew to the Pembroke exit that happened just before 2pm.