Crime & Safety
Dump Truck Involved In I-94 Chain-Reaction Crash: Report
Authorities say a dump truck trying to exit a construction zone couldn't stop in time, resulting in a chain-reaction crash with six cars.
RACINE COUNTY, WI — Racine County's I-94 construction zone was the scene of yet another traffic-congesting accident over the weekend.
This time, the Racine County Sheriff's office say that an accident between a loaded dump truck and six cars resulted in 10 injuries and a 90-minute freeway shutdown.
Sheriff's officials say that traffic was slowed down in the area of I-94 and Seven Mile Road at just before 11 a.m. on Saturday on account of a dump truck that was exiting a construction area. The dump truck was unable to stop, and struck the rear of a vehicle, causing a chain-reaction accident.
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The six cars and the dump truck reportedly all had to be towed from the scene due to damage. The southbound lanes of I-94 were shut down at Drexel Ave. for about 90 minutes as workers cleaned up the mess, straightened-out the temporary freeway wall and cleared the damaged vehicles.
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