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Traffic was anything but ordinary this morning due to an apparent collision between two tractor trailers. The collision started a chain reaction with the other vehicles traveling on Interstate 790. The north and south bound lanes remain closed while police continue their investigation as to what caused the crash. According to Sgt. Albert Wie of the police department, there were a total of four tractor trailers and 14 cars in today’s crash. Extensive damage was done, but more could have been caused had a tanker, carrying fuel, tipped over.


Rescue vehicles were on the scene to aid injured motorists. Firefighters were cutting the roofs off cars to extract those who had become trapped in their vehicles. Unfortunately, after today’s events, the death toll stands at two while four motorists sustained life threatening injuries and numerous others only minor injuries. Those with life threatening injuries were airlifted to the closest trauma center nearly 50 miles away. Fire Chief Tony Sullivan, along with Wie, said the scene was horrifying. They had never seen anything like this before. With bodies lying all over, the hardest part for the police was figuring out who belonged to which car and whether or not they had passengers riding with them. Traffic is being detoured to the eastern part of the city on Interstate 690. The detour is causing major traffic delays, possibly lasting up to three hours