8 Semis Collide on I-70 Near Terre Haute
June 14, 2011
Eight semitrailers collided on Monday evening in a chain-reaction crash at the 4-mile marker on I-70 near Terre Haute, Indiana. No passenger cars were involved.
Police told The Indianapolis Star that no one suffered life-threatening injuries but that three drivers and one passenger were treated for leg and back pain at hospitals in Terre Haute.
In a news release Sergeant Joe Watts said the crash occurred around 6:45 p.m. in a construction zone where eastbound traffic had been funneled into one lane.
The Tribune-Star reports that the first tractor—a 1999 Western Star—braked for traffic that was stopped for unknown reasons. That truck was then hit by a 1999 Volvo tractor, which was then hit by another tractor and so on and on and on and on and on.
The cabs of several semis were crushed during the accident.
Police said that no drugs and alcohol were involved and that they’ve issued no citations in the crash while they continue to investigate.
The crash impeded traffic for about eight hours during clean-up of the substantial wreckage—shutting down westbound I-70 traffic for an hour and shutting down eastbound lanes until 2 a.m.
Who do you think is to blame for this accident? Do you think that the semi drivers were traveling too closely together or that the construction site may not have been safe for drivers?
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