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State Department of Transportation anti-icing crews coated Interstate 290 in Worcester with salt brine at 5:45 a.m. Sunday, about an hour before icy road conditions triggered a chain reaction crash that ultimately involved 65 vehicles, including three tractor trailers, officials said.
A DOT spokesman said today the DOT activated its anti-icing forces in central Massachusetts around 2:30 a.m. in reponse to weather forecasts.
A tow truck driver was injured when police said a vehicle hit him as he was tending to a crashed vehicle along a highway.
Randy Hammer owns Tigers Towing in Battle Creek and has 25 years of experience.
A Tigers Towing coworker told 24 Hour News 8 that Hammer was operating the levers on the side of his flat bed truck as he was tending to a vehicle that had slide off Interstate 94 and into a ditch near Helmer Road near Battle Creek.
He saw another eastbound vehicle coming toward him, after police said the driver lost control on the icy road.
One person has died and eight people were injured in a series of accidents just west of Spokane this morning. The accidents have blocked Interstate 90 eastbound, and westbound traffic is moving stop-and-go. The accidents appear to have been caused by icy conditions on the road and drivers traveling too fast for the conditions. A pickup truck lost control near the overpass crossing West Medical Lake 4 Lakes Road. The pickup crossed the median and headed into oncoming traffic.
Preliminary indications are that an icy section of roadway contributed to a crash that killed a 90-year-old Tremonton man.
The Utah Highway Patrol said Wednesday that troopers continued to investigate the Tuesday afternoon accident in Logan Canyon. However, motorists told UHP that the area of the Logan Canyon road where Gordon Larson’s Buick LeSabre went out of control, near Temple Fork Road, was slippery at the time of the 4:20 p.m. crash.
Larson, who was heading down the canyon about 15 miles east of Logan, plunged down an embankment into the river, landing upside down.
Zack Davis, 18 years old, passed away Monday night. He was involved in a 6 car accident on the interchange between Highway 16 and I-5. The road was icy at the time. Mr. Davis's car was rear-ended while he was still in his car. The driver of that car will be cited. What money damages are recoverable in a death claim? Every death from an accident is tragic. When a death is the result of someone else’s negligence, certain survivors may make a wrongful death claim against those responsible.
All the persons involved in the crash, including the man killed, were students at Washington State University. Troopers said a vehicle was traveling westbound on Interstate 90 when the vehicle lost control on icy roads around 10:40 a.m. The vehicle left the roadway near Milepost 123 and rolled over. Crews responded to the scene, and found five occupants of the vehicle.Things to do immediately after a serious accident
Icy roads and late night driving don't mix
Late night driving in the best of road conditions increases the risk of getting into an accident. Add icy roads to the mix and you have very dangerous conditions. Here's a story of a client of Bill Coats Law in Bellingham, Washington, who was hit by a driver going too fast for the conditions, and how Mr. Coats was able to settle her claim.