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Sunday, February 16, 2014

State Route 158 is closed south of Interstate 70 in Fairfield County because of an overturned semi.

The crash happened around 4 p.m. on S.R. 158 between I-70 and Blacklick Road.

One person was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

Date: 
Sunday, February 16, 2014

Northbound Interstate 71 is closed between Lebanon and Jeffersonville because of a crash near the 38-mile marker.

Two tractor trailers crashed near Wilimington Road just before 9 a.m., Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Traffic on northbound I-71 is being diverted at Ohio 123. Motorists are able to get back on the interstate at Ohio 73 in Clinton County, troopers said.

Only minor injuries were reported in the crash, but one of the tractor trailers caught fire, the other lost its load.

Date: 
Sunday, February 16, 2014

A section of I-94 is shut down in both directions in Van Buren County due to pileup involving semi-trucks. The closure, which includes the eastbound and westbound lanes, is located between mile marker 52 and mile marker 60, which is the Paw Paw exit. Six people were injured in the pileup, which occurred on I-94′s eastbound lanes, according to Van Buren County Central Dispatch. As many as 10 vehicles, in addition to the semi-trucks, are involved.

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Saturday, February 15, 2014

Traffic was backed up along Page Avenue in St. Louis County Sunday morning after a semi-truck accident. The northbound on-ramp from Page Avenue is closed as of 8:45 a.m., according to MoDOT.

Authorities said the driver was attempting to head north onto I-170 on-ramp from Page Avenue when the truck flipped over.

The driver reportedly suffered minor injuries. No one else was hurt.

It is unclear what the semi-truck was hauling.

Date: 
Thursday, February 13, 2014

A 21-year-old Kure Beach man was charged early Friday in connection with a hit-and-run wreck on Interstate 40 West near U.S. Highway 70 that killed two people.

Marshall Hudson Doran is charged with two counts each of second-degree murder and hit-and-run causing serious injury or death. He is also charged with resisting arrest and felony possession of a controlled substance.

According to investigators, a tractor-trailer cab being driven by Cardell Gayfield lost control and ended up perpendicular in westbound travel lanes of I-40 at about 8:30 p.m.

Date: 
Thursday, February 13, 2014
A Kansas City man is dead after a wrong-way crash Friday night on Interstate 70 and Highway 40. Police said before 11:30 p.m. a Silver Chevy Malibu entered the highway from an exit ramp and was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-70. A semi-trailer truck was traveling east on I-70 and was unable to avoid the car resulting in a collision. Police said the driver of the car who was impaired by alcohol is in critical condition at an area hospital. According to police, the passenger, 35-year old Karl Silvey, died at the scene. The driver of the semi did not suffer any injuries.
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Thursday, February 13, 2014
Travel on Highway 6 was reduced to a single lane Friday morning near Utah County’s Soldiers Summit when a semi-rig’s trailer tipped over. A Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. said the cause of the accident was under investigation, but for some reason the eastbound truck’s second of two trailers loaded with paint tipped over at the summit about 6:30 a.m. The driver was not injured, no other drivers were involved, and none of the paint leaked. UHP expected traffic through the accident scene to resume to normal by noon, after the trailer is uprighted and wreckage cleared.
Date: 
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

The driver of an SUV died following a crash with a semi early Thursday morning.

The crash happened shortly before 3:30 a.m. on westbound Interstate 70 near Emerson Avenue. Witnesses say the SUV veered from the center lane into the path of the semi.

The semi struck the SUV and both vehicles ended up blocking the high speed lane.

Emergency crews were able to free the SUV driver in 15 minutes. He was taken to Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital in critical condition, but later died.

Date: 
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Area: 
Denver, CO

Aurora emergency crews are on the scene of a five car-semi truck crash that also sparked a brush fire along Interstate 70.

Eastbound I-70 at Peña Boulevard will be closed for up to two hours, said an Aurora police spokesman.

The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. Thursday on eastbound I-70 near Airport Boulevard, police said.

Multiple people were injured, but the extent was not immediately clear, Amsler said.

One of the cars hit a power box, which caused an additional fire, police said

Date: 
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
The Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office reported that a crash closed U.S. 231 on Thursday morning. One lane is now open. Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office closed U.S. 231 due to a crash at County Line Road between Montgomery and Tippecanoe counties. Montgomery County deputies report a semi truck carrying grain was headed southbound when it crossed the center line and collided with a vehicle traveling northbound.