Police were called to the first accident around 9 pm last week. This accident caused traffic to stop on the highway. Just a half hour later, a semi truck approaching the accident didn’t slow down enough which caused him to crash into multiple vehicles.
This collision occurred just two miles south of the first crash. The second crashed involved several vehicles, three of which were semi trucks and four were passenger vehicles. One of the passenger vehicles was pulling a trailer. Ten were taken to local hospitals by ambulance and helicopter with inuries. A few of them are in critical condition.
Witnesses say that it was a chain reaction accident. Considering how many cars were involved, the scene was quite calm after the crash. Rescue workers had to free victims from their trapped cars. One car was trapped underneath one of the semi trucks.
One of the semi trucks was from the Target store. The back door of its trailer was ripped off but the trailer itself was empty.
Since there were so many victims and vehicles involved in the accident, there is an investigation still in progress. Police have not released the names of any of the victims.
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