Interstate 790 is closed due to disaster striking early this morning with a chain reaction crash killing two drivers and leaving 20 injured.
While at the scene, Fire Chief Tony Sullivan reports that of the 20 serious injuries, four are life threatening. Two of those injuries were rushed by helicopter from Memorial Hospital to the trauma center in Statesville, 50 miles away. All five of the fire department’s ambulances were on the scene, along with ambulances from four nearby cities.
The accident started with two tractor trailers colliding with each other around 6:45 a.m. According to Sgt. Albert Wei, a total of four tractor trailers and 14 cars were involved after the initial crash. One of the tractor trailers was hauling diesel fuel.
“We are very lucky that it didn’t roll over or dump any fuel or catch fire,” said Wei.
The scene of the accident is causing an uneasy feeling for the officers and emergency workers. When he arrived, Sullivan stated the scene looked like something from a war zone. In his 18 years at the fire department, he had never seen anything like this.
Sgt. Wei has closed both north and southbound lanes and is not sure when they will reopen. He is urging drivers to take an alternate route on I-690, east of the city. This has created quite a mess for rush hour traffic, causing delays up to three hours.
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