Bad accident between Galesburg and BC. Westbound lane is backed up well past BC. 1 fatality and one of the semi trucks involved was hauling fireworks and they were ignited. http://www.wwmt.com/news/features/top-st...LAvlHv0cY4
My wife and i were saying the same thing. Has to be three lanes between Chi and Det. Too much traffic for the highway.
I've been in one of those situations where you're hoping the cars behind you see that traffic is stopped and don't run into you. And then you can't risk getting out of your car and running to the median or side of the road for safety because they might slide into you when you do that.
Too much traffic, and inconsistent speeds is never a good recipe.
I guess MLive sees this massive accident as a huge business opportunity... Two giant sliders at the top of the page, and then 21 articles from 7 different reports, just for good measure. Geez.
Lake effect snow bands are the worst. The past few "mega pileups" in Michigan were in these. Sunny and dry one minute, zero visibility the next minute. And factor in the 'tuff guy' drivers who'll speed in any sort of weather, and there you go.
The biggest winter problems with the Galesburg area of I-94 are the drastic elevation change on the south edge of the highway and the river on the north side. Snow has always dumped on the highway there.
For about 20 years we lived near there and I avoided I-94 like the plague on snowy days. Early on I got caught out there once for hours and vowed never again.
(01-10-2015 10:02 AM)okgc Wrote: [ -> ]The biggest winter problems with the Galesburg area of I-94 are the drastic elevation change on the south edge of the highway and the river on the north side. Snow has always dumped on the highway there.
For about 20 years we lived near there and I avoided I-94 like the plague on snowy days. Early on I got caught out there once for hours and vowed never again.
This is the problem with our fan base. Always looking for the fastest, most efficient road to Climax.
When I was young I could get to Climax in about 11 seconds, clearly I was getting there too fast, but now it takes much longer to get there. My neighbor grew up in Climax. He and his wife still get to climax once and awhile, although not often enough according to her.
Another crazy video! This is just a few minutes after the first video, a guy walking up behind the wreck. Still can't believe more people didn't die in that wreck.
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I'm assuming that first semi shown is the fatality but... "Oh I was just in a major accident and there are probably people who need help, better pull out my cell phone and record!" really bugs me.
(01-12-2015 05:33 PM)Nacho Wrote: [ -> ]I'm assuming that first semi shown is the fatality but... "Oh I was just in a major accident and there are probably people who need help, better pull out my cell phone and record!" really bugs me.
I confirmed that it was not the fatality. A firefighter friend of mine showed me that video. He said the fatality was where the big fire was.
(01-12-2015 05:33 PM)Nacho Wrote: [ -> ]I'm assuming that first semi shown is the fatality but... "Oh I was just in a major accident and there are probably people who need help, better pull out my cell phone and record!" really bugs me.
The pile-up covered both directions of traffic. The person recording was also a victim of the crash, and as it got worse he actually did put down the phone and cross the median to help (most news broadcasts stopped the video before that part though).
And the fatality was the third-to-last vehicle involved.