SAN DIEGO -- A surprise snowstorm left hundreds of motorists stranded overnight on a frozen stretch of Interstate 8 in the East County highlands, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP shut down about 60 miles of the freeway late Thursday afternoon during heavy snowfall that blanketed areas as low as 2,000 feet above sea level.
The nearly 20-hour emergency closure between Willows Road in Alpine and the Imperial County line left as many as 500 vehicles stuck for a time in the frigid highlands east of San Diego, officials said.
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