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A MESSY START FOR THOUSANDS
OF DRIVERS IN THE MIAMI VALLEY
WHEN THEY REALIZED A TRACTOR
TRAILER CRASHED THROUGH A
CONCRETE WALL ON I-75 IN
DOWNTOWN DAYTON. IT SLOWED
DRIVERS FOR PART OF THE
MORNING NEAR THIRD STREET...
DAN EDWARDS HAS NEW
INFORMATION ON HOW IT ALL
HAPPENED...
IT WAS A CLOSE CALL FOR A
TRUCKER THIS MORNING ON
INTERSTATE 75. AROUND 4:30
THIS MORNING, THIS
TRANSFREIGHT SEMI LOST CONTROL
ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF 75
CURVE NEAR THE THIRD STREET
EXIT CRASHING THROUGH THE
CONCRETE WALL. RESCUE CREWS
WORKED QUICKLY TO STABILIZE
THE SMASHED-UP SEMI THAT WAS
LEAKING FUEL FROM ONE OF IT'S
MASSIVE TANKS THAT CAN HANDLE
UP TO 200 GALLONS. AS CREWS
DRAINED THE REMAINING FUEL,
POLICE MANAGED TO KEEP
RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC FLOWING
AROUND THE ACCIDENT SCENE ON
75 THAT HANDLES NEARLY 110,000
CARS AND TRUCKS EACH DAY.
SPECIAL WRECKERS WERE BROUGHT
IN FOR THE HEAVY-LIFTING OF
THE 12 TON TRACTOR TRAILER
WHICH TOOK CREWS SEVERAL HOURS
TO CLEAN-UP. DAN EDWARDS, 2
NEWS.
OFFICIALS ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING WHAT CAUSED THE
DRIVER AND THEIR CONDITION
HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.