Multi-Vehicle Pile-ups Cause Mayhem In Indiana
by Jana Ritter - Published: 1/13/2016Whiteout conditions and speed are blamed for Tuesday’s chain reaction pile-up involving multiple jackknifed semi-trucks and about 40 vehicles, shutting down the I-74 in both directions in southeast Indiana.
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According to the Indiana State Police, a "sudden squall of snow caused whiteout conditions" on the stretch of highway near the Indiana-Ohio state line and a truck driver going too fast for the slick road conditions, caused his semi-truck to jackknife and ignite a 30-vehicle chain reaction pile-up at around 11 a.m. “What we know is this first semi up here, the North American was going too fast for the existing weather conditions, lost control and jackknifed,” said ISP Sgt. John Bowling. Police say that just as the first truck lost control, another semi came up over the hill, couldn’t stop and thus began the chain-reaction crash.
Then, a second pileup involving more than 10 vehicles happened less than a quarter mile behind the original one. The two pile-ups left a chaotic trail of semi-trucks, cars and debris for a half-mile stretch and forced closures of both eastbound and westbound lanes for hours. Miraculously, everyone survived and no serious injuries were reported. "The first pileup involved mostly commercial vehicles, and a lot of trucks were left in pieces. There's quite extensive damage on most vehicles in the pileup, and some are completely totaled. Six people on scene were transported to local area hospitals for non-life threatening injuries, which is amazing, considering the circumstances," confirmed a spokesperson for the Indiana State Police.
“It was an incredible chain-reaction,” said Hope Berndt, who witnessed the westbound crashes on I-70. A driver involved in the crash said that he got hit at least five different times and there wasn’t much he could do about it. “I got bumped around pretty good in there," said the driver. Gino Lomonaco was among the truck drivers involved in the first crash and wound up wedged in between at least four other semis. “All I kept feeling was boom, boom, boom sitting in that truck,” he said. “Scared s**#-less, sorry to say it like that, but I was scared that bad. I was like, ‘I want to get out this truck.'”
Sgt. Bowling said that the Salisbury Rd overpass and I-70 is known for crashes because overpasses are elevated but it still comes down to drivers. “Weather does not cause a crash your driving behavior in that weather is what causes a crash.” Indiana State Police also said that the investigation is still ongoing and criminal charges are possible.
OMG????? U TURN??? I-40 eastbound MM 223 Arkansas Just occurred.
Noooo is this for real?
Yup Rolling west, decide he needed east. No joke!!!!!
I bet he doesn't decide to do that anymore when they get done with him
Fired I'm sure. No U turn policy.
What a dolt.
Future "You Want Fries W That?" Lol
I just seen a Schneider truck do this in atoka,ok on us69 last night. He was going south and decide to go north and then drove up and over a curb and grass in between a hydrant and a utility pole to park in front of a restaurant
Yup fired for sure i worked for that company. Zero tolerance
Looks like he stuck.. his landing gear on the ground.
You gotta be quicker than that!
Punkin' head
What happened to the Schneider no u turn rule lol
Could've used a fucking overpass
What a dumbass
If he was at Werner his ass would be gone
Thank God everyone survivef
The states of Idaho and Montana get snow why is they never have pile ups it snows up there 3 weeks straight sometimes yet no pile ups and there's alot of truck traffic
Because they have 75% less traffic.
I-70 and I-40 are your main routes for "cross country" runners. I70 sees A LOT more traffic than I-90 or 94 does in Montanta and the Dakotas. And most your rookie companies don't go up that way either.
There's more traffic then you think
I94 and 90 in Montana, don't even compare to i70 in Indiana. Montana even at its "rush hour" in Billings, Butte do not see the amount of traffic i70 does from Indiana going into Ohio. The only time I have ever hit a traffic jam in Montana was in billings during construction season and they had everyone down to 35 and shoved off on the rumble strips.
Longer state then Indiana 700 miles from north Dakota to Idaho why
Everyone should slow down I for sure agree. But I found it highly funny that I ran through ohio, Indiana and into Illinois on that exact highway. Made it through there a few hours prior and Indiana is the only state with horrible Roads. I saw 2 plows on the entire length on 74 and 465 loop. Maybe the state could actually help drivers out too. Indiana dept of transportation could give 2 shits less about the drivers on those roads
Amen 64 was no better Sunday night only 2 plows working
Ohhhhh look at all the steering wheel holders ! It's the committee!!! Tell me again how all you super truckers with mass regulations and ELOGS are that much safer ? More regs ,more pile ups , more super truckers ,that are so smart they listen to people who never drove a day in their life..... Who think they make the rules ... And make the road safer ? How many pile ups back in the 90's ,80's ,70's ..... Compared to now ..... Ohhhh so much safer !!! Way to go !!!!
I'd be willing to bet there were pile ups back then also, but in the 70's and 80's you didn't have every idiot out there with cell phones playing instant reporter
Yea , probably were , but not as many as now . Just talk to the old timers
Owner operators hyped up on whatever tailgating the left lane. First trucks to crash were in fact owner operators. Listen to CB slow down. You see shit go down in front of you. You guy's keep it to floor
We get paid a lot more to be safe and haul freight , drivers who want to be like us , not knowing their limits are the ones screwing up
And us owner operators are not (hyped) up on stuff in the left lane , that's large company b.s and it's not proper of you to stoop to a lower level of life like so .
Roads were still crappy. I run daily through there iced up from Ohio state line to almost Indiana rest area's wb and eb
Indiana is most the problem Ohio and pa have salt trucks waiting for the snow.I was in Indiana Tuesday morning and not a salt truck to be found and other problem is boneheads tailgating like a nascar restrictor race just waiting for the big one to happen.
Exactly.
You drive your truck and I'll drive mine. If you're scared you shouldn't be out here. Driver I can handle my ride......
Yeah, and figure out how to get the highway dept in Dearborn county to get out there earlier. Sand works in Michigan.
Way to go guys know damn roads slick what a way to slow down
if the roads are that bad that load can wait oh I can handle my rig in anything great attitude to have till guy in front of u loses it and u being Billy Bigrigger has no place to go then what? u know how many times i want to hit my brakes cause he is inches off my icc bumper but I like my truck in one piece and im doing 70
guys in trucking school now how far do they look back on your driving record to get a job help please
2-3 Years it's depending on company,even then with the right connection all things can be worked out or overlooked ..
Luther Chambers Mcmillian thanks
one of our guys was setting in it and took pics of it
I bet that Indiana scale house filled up fast while people were waiting for that to get cleaned up.
Dumb ass steering wheel holders stay home
im planning on getting a yaesu 991 too!! not just cb, but all bands 100+watts, cb is good for 5-15mi, ham.... if done right.. can go all around the world!!
The problem is people don't use CBs as much everyone is too worried about texting or calling everyone.
Insurance should not pay a dine of it.
Where is SWIFT..?
Swift was taking the advice of their safety message and shut down or got out just in time.
Or in the ditch, out of the Camera's veiw...
WEATHER CHECKS SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR PRE MID AND POST TRIP INSPECTIONS!!! PLAN YOYR DRIVING AROUND THE WEATHER!!
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