Semi-truck involved in fatal wreck on I-90
MONTE TURNER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 5 months AGO
A semi-truck involved in a crash on I-90 on Dec. 21. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
Before 4 a.m. on the first day of winter Dec. 21, three separate semi-truck accidents occurred within a 4-mile stretch on I-90, including one fatality.
The fatality was at mile marker 53 and involved two semis before 4 a.m.. As traffic was backed up for miles while first responders worked the scene, a semi jack knifed at mile marker 51 and there was a fuel spill.
Later that morning, a westbound semi slid off the road at mile marker 54.9. Traffic in the eastbound lane was backed up for miles until early afternoon.
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