Deadly Blizzard Claims Another Victim: 22-Year-Old Woman from Buffalo Trapped In Her Car

Taylor's family shared the details of her predicament with a North Carolina News station, WSOC, in Charlotte. According to their account, the young lady wound her window up to prevent the falling snow from entering, but it only piled on the glass and trapped her indoors.

Realizing there was no way out of the storm, the 22-year-old prepared to sleep in her car until help came, but it was too late. Her family acknowledges the unfortunate accident, however, they couldn't help but question the State of New York's unpreparedness.

Once the rescue team got to Taylor, they found the 22-year-old dead in her car. The authorities haven't ruled on her cause of death, but it's between carbon-monoxide poisoning and hypothermia. Her family is leaning more towards the former than the latter.

Her mother guessed that the snow blocked the exhaust pipe and froze the engine, causing the vehicle to stop running. That meant there wasn't any heat source to keep the ice from freezing her system.

BBC reported that the death toll in Buffalo from weather-related causes is now 28, as it's affected the power supply in the area. About 34 other people have also lost their lives to this storm outside the state.

The state reportedly sought military intervention to manage traffic and prevent people indoors from moving about in their cars or alternative transportation. The police also help with the ongoing looting, an unfortunate side-effect of a state of emergency.

The police have already made some arrests on that front.

The airports aren't exempted as the state canceled flights, thus stranding people at the terminals. Buffalo's Mayor, Byron Brown, says the state is on top of it and is doing its best to relieve the residents of the worst blizzard their county has ever experienced.

They're now preparing to handle a flood when the snow thaws as they continue urging the residents to stay indoors.