Snowfall and cold weather don’t have the same bite in our country as it does in the colder parts of the United States. A 34-year-old man has also lost his life trying to face the cold to return home.
It all started when his car slipped into a ditch because of the ice. For some time now, heavy snowfall and freezing cold have hit Louisa County in which he lives.
Jaboc then decides to leave his vehicle to try to reach his house on foot. But to make matters worse, his phone battery fails him and Jacob can’t call for help.
His sister Angela Whaley told WTVR, and picked up by the Mirror: “He was trying to find a way through the woods because there is a neighborhood where he lives that he could have reached and walked across the street to. be able to return home. “
On his journey, and just before his phone went off, he had sent a message to his mother. This is what enabled his family to alert the emergency services, but despite this, they arrived too late. Jabob was found after 4 days 200 meters from the location indicated by his family to the authorities.
During its journey, temperatures dropped to -8 degrees Celsius. “When he started to walk… he got lost. He was not that far from home ”.
Many roads were blocked by almost eight inches of snow due to this blizzard. Some drivers were stranded for 27 hours.
Her mother, Shannon Whaley, told The New York Times, “I’m so mad at this county. All they had to do was come out and yell at him. Louisa County left him to freeze to death. “
The Louisa County Sheriff’s Office said Mr Whaley’s body was found in a “very dense pine grove”. “It was a heavily wooded area off the road that the search team struggled to cross. Our county has experienced a power failure and 100% of its roads are impassable ”.
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