A North Carolina woman is among the victims who died during the historic blizzard that impacted the Buffalo area of New York over the holiday weekend.

Taylor’s family believes she was trapped inside her car for 18 hours before she died, per the report. Her death comes shortly before her 23rd birthday.

“[There’s been] a lot of crying,” Shawnequa Brown, Taylor’s sister, told the outlet.

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Anndel Taylor, 22, died after being trapped in her car in Buffalo for at least 18 hours during the monster snowstorm that devastated upstate New York.. https://www.facebook.com/juicyrenee.brown/photos. Anndel Taylor/Facebook

Taylor is one of at least27 people in Buffalothat died as a result of the storm. At least 50 people have died nationwide.

On Monday, New York’s Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said some people died as emergency responders experienced storm-related delays while trying to reach those who were stranded amid frigid temperatures.

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BUFFALO, NY - DECEMBER 26: A vehicle is abandoned long a residential street on December 26, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. The historic winter storm Elliott dumped up to four feet of snow on the area leaving thousands without power and twenty five confirmed dead in the city of Buffalo. (Photo by John Normile/Getty Images)

Taylor’s family believes she is one of those victims, WSOC reported. They said she had called 911 when her car got stuck in the snow, but that help never came.

“I feel like everybody that tried to get to her got stuck,” Tomeshia Brown, Taylor’s sister, told the outlet. “Fire department, police, everybody got stuck.”

Taylor told her family in a group chat that the snow was accumulating quickly and shared video footage of snow covering her car windows, according to the WSOC report.

“She was telling my sister that she was scared,” Brown said.

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Wanda Brown Steele, Taylor’s mother, told the outlet that her daughter intended to walk home after sleeping in her car during the storm.

She believes Taylor died of carbon monoxide poisoning. “The car was running, and the snow was still coming, so it blocked the pipes, the exhaust pipe,” Steele said, per the report.

“After the car cut off,” she added, “that’s when she iced up.”

More than $15,00 has beenraised via GoFundMefor Taylor’s family in the wake of the 22-year-old’s sudden death.

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“Anything and everything you assist us with,” added Shawnequa Brown, “will be greatly appreciated.”

source: people.com