A massive pileup involving 45 cars on icy Interstate 70 in Indiana caused traffic to be halted for hours on Saturday.
coal knobThe anchor of WTWO 2, a local NBC affiliate in Terre Haute, Indiana, reported that the accident was caused by “a landslide caused by snow and ice.” The major accident occurred about 10 miles outside Terre Haute.
Pictures from the pileup show dozens of cars, trucks and semi-trucks scattered across a snow-packed road, with some drivers getting out of their vehicles to assess the scene.
A spokesperson for the Riley Fire Department in nearby Riley, Indiana told WTWO 2 that it was the “largest accident” the department has ever dealt with.
Local police Sgt. matt ames The station was told that “the drivers suffered no major injuries” and that several policemen and firemen were on the scene, working to get traffic moving again; At around 7:00 pm local time – about six hours after the accident occurred – the lanes reopened.
Knobbe reported that the westbound lanes were blocked due to the crash, while NBC 5 in Chicago reported that several eastbound cars slid off the road.
NBC 5 reported that a winter weather advisory was issued until 10:00 a.m. Sunday in Vigo County, where the crash occurred. Between one and four inches of snowfall was expected in the area and wind gusts up to 35 mph were expected.
And in other local news over Thanksgiving weekend, a man who dubbed himself the “Mexican Spiderman” talked about how he used a bowling ball to avoid a mall shooting in the San Francisco Bay Area. Three people were injured in the gang-related attack, but fortunately, like the Indiana crash, there were no deaths; All three victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
You can see WTWO 2’s report in the first clip above, and NBC 5’s report — which includes photos of the crash — in the second clip.
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