Early this morning The City’s Police Department was called in because of a bad crash on I-790. Two tractor trailers created a chain reaction build up when the collided. The build up included 14 cars and four tractor trailers.
One truck driver is especially thankful for his life today when Police Officials noted that his truck full of diesel fuel could have easily crashed or spilled and caught on fire. Part of this man’s truck was damaged when another car collided into it, but after a struggle the truck driver managed to pull it to a full stop on the side of the road.
There were however, some less fortunate souls on the road earlier today. Two people driving earlier were killed in the build up and a remarkable 20 were injured and hospitalized but are still thankfully alive. Four out of these 20 injured were in serious condition. Firefighters came to the rescue and at the scene had to cut tops off of three cars. Drivers and passengers’ who were trapped inside had the help of all five surrounding fire departments. Ambulances and the “Life Flight” rescue helicopter also played a big role in that morning’s events. Two of the four severe injuries were flown 50 miles away to the Trauma Center in Statesville.
Sullivan’s firefighting crew claimed the crash looked like a deadly war zone when they arrived. Bodies were lying along the road; people covered in blood were sitting next to their cars. Even emergency workers added to the chaotic scene while running back and fourth trying to help the injured. All the while sirens were wailing away with the new emergency help arrivals. Sullivan told our reporters that in the eighteen and a half years he’s been serving with the Fire Department he has never seen anything that bad. Emergency help was having problems just finding whose car belonged to whom, and who was a driver and who was a passenger. The entire highway I-790 has been closed until further notice.