MyFOXDetroit.com – A winter storm that dumped up to 10 inches of snow on parts of Michigan and caused at least three deaths subsided Wednesday after causing treacherous roads for early morning motorists and more than 500 school closings .

Wind gusts were expected to cause snow drifts and low visibility.

The storm, which struck the Midwest on Tuesday before crawling east, was blamed for the death of a 35-year-old Ypsilanti woman who was killed after her car was broad-sided by a waste hauling truck on Interstate 94, about 30 miles southwest of Detroit.

Poor weather conditions also were blamed for the death of Roberta Greene, 70, of Kalamazoo, who lost control of her car on southbound Interstate 75 in Bay County, and Candum Buckner, 38, who was killed after losing control of his pickup on state Route 20 in Isabella County, officials said.

McDonald’s manager Rita Campbell was 20 minutes late for the normal 5 a.m. start of her work day at her restaurant in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park. She said she woke up an hour early Wednesday, “then it took my husband 45 minutes to shovel out.” She said she passed a crash scene on the long drive in.

Campbell, a 39-year-old mother of two, said she couldn’t wait to get out and enjoy the snow.

“In fact, when I get home, I’m going to make me a snowman,” she said.

Some didn’t hesitate to take advantage of the snow.

Four Oak Park boys set out with shovels and a snowblower, attempting to turn the snowstorm into a business opportunity.

Thirteen-year-old twins Trevor and Travis Moore, who were waiting for a break in traffic to cross busy Nine Mile Road, about 10 miles northwest of Detroit, called the snow a “good thing.”

“We make money, and we don’t got to go to school,” Travis explained.